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The Funeral of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, 1566, (Right Panel)
T 413.113. Source: Chester Beatty library, Dublin
1579 (AH 987), Istanbul, Turkey
Süleyman's body escorted back to Istanbul by the Ottoman army. In 1566, the sultan died of natural causes just before the Ottoman victory over the Hapsburgs at Szigetvar (Hungary). His death was not immediately announced, but the army returned to Istanbul. Right-half of double-page illustration.