title: 15. ve 16. Yüzyıldaki Osmanlı Tarihlerinde Moğol Simgesi
abstract: This study will examine how the Ottoman historians writing from the early 15th century retrospectively described and evaluated the Mongols. In the legends about the foundation of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman historians described the Mongols as destroyers or enemies. In contrast, in the sections on the Mongols in universal/multi-dynastic histories the Mongol rulers enjoyed an excellent reputation. The hostility might have originated from old, faint memories of the early Ottomans and it was cle
journal: Osmanlı Araştırmaları