A circumcision celebration in the summer of 1582, organized by the Ottoman ruler Murād III (r. 1574–1595) for his son Meḥmed, is one of the most extensively recorded events in early modern Ottoman history. Contemporary and near‐contemporary testimonies include archival sources, odes, event‐based narratives, illustrated accounts, passages in regnal and universal histories, and several descriptions by European observers. The celebration occurred amid tensions fueled by ongoing warfare, rising prices, elite factionalism, and apocalyptic anxieties. It also coincided with a time of exceptional cultural productivity at the Ottoman palace and among the Ottoman literati. This article discusses the celebration's treatment in event‐based narratives, illustrated accounts, and regnal and universal histories from the period, to emphasize the multiplicity of approaches to the writing and recording of history. Ottoman works of a historical nature defy easy categorizations such as official history or court history; they also blur compartmentalized notions of history, art history, and literature that emerged in the nineteenth century. Ottoman historical writing, like any other historical tradition, was closer to a meeting ground, where authors and patrons gathered and competed, than a common ground where consent and hegemony were supposedly produced. Authorial agency was crucial in creating demand, fostering competition, and building reputation; moreover, authors and patrons had to negotiate a multiplicity of languages, linguistic registers, styles, and techniques, some of which had been bequeathed by past generations, whereas others had been invented or reinvented recently.

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观察，记录，描述：纪念大约1582–C年的一个奥斯曼王子的葬礼。1600

1582年夏天，由奥斯曼帝国统治者穆拉德三世（1574-1595年统治）为他的儿子Meḥmed组织的包皮环切术庆祝活动是近代奥斯曼帝国历史上记载最广泛的事件之一。当代和近乎现代的证词包括档案资料，颂歌，基于事件的叙述，插图说明，统治和普遍历史的段落以及欧洲观察家的一些描述。庆祝活动是在持续的战争，不断上涨的价格，精英派系和世界末日的忧虑加剧的紧张局势中发生的。同时，也正是在奥斯曼皇宫和奥斯曼文人中出类拔萃的文化生产力时期。本文讨论了庆祝活动在基于事件的叙述，插图说明以及该时期的统治和普遍历史中的处理方式，强调书写和记录历史的方法的多样性。奥斯曼帝国历史上的作品无视简单的分类，例如官方历史或朝廷历史；它们还模糊了19世纪出现的历史，艺术史和文学的分类概念。与其他任何历史传统一样，奥斯曼帝国的历史写作更接近于一个会议场所，那里是作家和顾客聚集和竞争的场所，而不是据称产生同意和霸权的共同场所。授权机构对于创造需求，促进竞争和建立声誉至关重要。此外，作者和赞助者还必须协商多种语言，语言记录，样式和技术，其中一些是前几代人遗赠的，