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Frankish  masters  that  paved  the  ong  artists  and  endless 
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quandries  was  never  resolved。  For  painting  itself  was  abandoned察 artists 
painted neither like Easterners nor Westerners。 The miniaturists did not grow 
angry  and  revolt察 but  like  old  men  b  to  an  illness察 they 
gradually accepted the situation with humble grief and resignation。 They were 
neither  curious  about  nor  dreamed  about  the  work  of  the  great  masters  of 
Herat and Tabriz察whom they once followed with awe察or the Frankish masters察
whose  innovative  methods  they  aspired  to察 caught  indecisively  between  envy 
and hatred。 Just as the doors of houses are closed of an evening and the city is 
left to darkness察painting was also abandoned。 It was mercilessly forgotten that 
we¨d once looked upon our world quite differently。 
My father¨s book察sadly察remained unfinished。 From where Hasan scattered 
the  pleted  pages  on  the  ground察 they  were  transferred  to  the  Treasury察
there察 an  efficient  and  fastidious  librarian  had  them  bound  together  with 
other  unrelated  illustrations  belonging  to  the  workshop察 and  thus  they  were 
separated  into  several  bound  albums。  Hasan  fled  Istanbul察 and  disappeared察
never to be heard from again。 Shevket and Orhan never forgot that it wasn¨t 
Black but their Uncle Hasan who was the one who killed my father¨s murderer。 
In  place  of  Master  Osman察 who  died  two  years  after  going  blind察 Stork 
became  Head  Illuminator。  Butterfly察 y  late 
father¨s talents察devoted the rest of his life to drawing ornamental designs for 
carpets察 cloths  and  tents。  The  young  assistant  masters  of  the  workshop  gave 
themselves  over  to  similar  work。  No  one  behaved  as  though  abandoning 
illustration were any great loss。 Perhaps because nobody had ever seen his own 
face done justice on the page。 
My whole life察I¨ve secretly very much wanted two paintings made察which 
I¨ve never mentioned to anybody此
 
1。  My  own  portrait察 but  I  knew  however  hard  the  Sultan¨s  miniaturists 
tried察they¨d fail察because even if they could see my beauty察woefully察none of 
them would believe a woman¨s face was beautiful without depicting her eyes 
and lips like a Chinese woman¨s。 Had they represented me as a Chinese beauty察
the  way  the  old  masters  of  Herat  would¨ve察 perhaps  those  who  saw  it  and 
recognized me could discern my face behind the face of that Chinese beauty。 
But  later  generations察 even  if  they  realized  my  eyes  weren¨t  really  slanted察
could  never  determine  what  my  face  truly  looked  like。  How  happy  I¨d  be 
today察in my old age!which I live out through the fort of my children!if 
I had a youthful portrait of myself 
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2。 A picture of bliss此What the poet Blond Nazm of Ran had pondered in 
one  of  his  verses。  I  know  quite  well  how  this  painting  ought  to  be  made。 
Imagine  the  picture  of  a  mother  with  her  two  children察 the  younger  one察
whom she cradles in her arms察nursing him as she smiles察suckles happily at 
her  bountiful  breast察 smiling  as  well。  The  eyes  of  the  slightly  jealous  older 
brother and those of the mother should be locked。 I¨d like to be the mother in 
that picture。 I¨d want the bird in the sky to be depicted as if flying察and at the 
same  time察 happily  and  eternally  suspended  there察 in  the  style  of  the  old 
masters of Herat who were able to stop time。 I know it¨s not easy。 
 
My son Orhan察who¨s foolish enough to be logical in all matters察reminds 
me on the one hand that the time´halting masters of Herat could never depict 
me as I am察and on the other hand察that the Frankish masters who perpetually 
painted mother´with´child portraits could never stop time。 He¨s been insisting 
for years that my picture of bliss could never be painted anyhow。 
Perhaps he¨s right。 In actuality察we don¨t look for smiles in pictures of bliss察
but  rather察 for  the  happiness  in  life  itself。  Painters  know  this察 but  this  is 
precisely what they cannot depict。 That¨s why they substitute the joy of seeing 
for the joy of life。 
In the hopes that he might pen this story察which is beyond depiction察I¨ve 
told it to my son Orhan。 Without hesitation I gave him the letters Hasan and 
Black sent me察along with the rough horse illustrations with the smeared ink察
which  were  found  on  poor  Elegant  Effendi。  Above  all察 don¨t  be  taken  in  by 
Orhan  if  he¨s  drawn  Black  more  absentminded  than  he  is察 made  our  lives 
harder  than  they  are察 Shevket  worse  and  me  prettier  and  harsher  than  I  am。 
For  the  sake  of  a  delightful  and  convincing  story察 there  isn¨t  a  lie  Orhan 
wouldn¨t deign to tell。 
 
1990C92察1994C98 
 
   
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336C330  B。C。此 Darius  ruled  in  Persia。  He  was  the  last  king  of  the 
Achaemenids察losing his empire to Alexander the Great。 
336C323 B。C。此Alexander the Great established his empire。 He conquered 
Persia  and  invaded  India。  His  exploits  as  hero  and  monarch  were  legendary 
throughout the Islamic world even until modern times。 
622此The Hegira。 The emigration of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca 
to Medina察and the beginning of the Muslim calendar。 
1010此 Firdusi¨s  Book  of  Kings。  The  Persian  poet  Firdusi  lived  circa  935C
1020 presented his Book of Kings to Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni。 Its episodes 
on Persian myth and history!including Alexander¨s invasion察tales of the hero 
R┨stem and the struggle between Persia and Turan!have inspired miniaturists 
since the fourteenth century。 
1206C1227此 The  reign  of  Mongol  ruler  Genghis  Khan。  He  invaded  Persia察
Russia and China察and extended his empire from Mongolia to Europe。 
C。 1141C1209此The Persian poet Nizami lived。 He wrote the romantic epic the 
Quintet察 prised  of  the  following  stories察 all  of  which  have  inspired 
miniaturist  painters此 The  Treasury  of  Mysteries察 H┨srev  and  Shirin察 Leyla  and 
Mejnun察The Seven Beauties and The Book of Alexander the Great。 
1258此The Sack of Baghdad。 Hulagu reigned 1251C1265察the grandson of 
Genghis Khan察conquered Baghdad。 
1300C1922此 The  Ottoman  Empire察 a  Sunni  Muslim  power察 ruled  south´
eastern Europe察the Middle East and North Africa。 At its greatest extent察the 
empire reached the gates of Vienna and Persia。 
1370C1405此Reign of the Turkic ruler Tamerlane。 Subdued the areas that the 
Blacksheep ruled in Persia。 Tamerlane conquered areas from Mongolia to the 
Mediterranean  including  parts  of  Russia察 India察 Afghanistan察 Iran察 Iraq  and 
Anatolia where he defeated the Ottoman Sultan Bayazid I in 1402。 
1370C1526此 The  Timurid  Dynasty察 established  by  Tamerlane察 fostered  a 
brilliant revival of artistic and intellectual life察and ruled in Persia察central Asia 
and Transoxiana。 The schools of miniature painting at Shiraz察Tabriz and Herat 
flourished  under  the  Timurids。  In  the  early  fifteenth  century  Herat  was  the 
center of painting in the Islamic world and home to the great master Bihzad。 
1375C1467此The Blacksheep察a Turkmen tribal federation察ruled over parts of 
Iraq察 eastern  Anatolia  and  Iran。  Jihan  Shah  reigned  1438C67察 the  last 
Blacksheep ruler察was defeated by the Whitesheep Tall Hasan in 1467。 
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1378C1502此 The  Whitesheep  federation  of  Turkmen  tribes  ruled  northern 
Iraq察 Azerbaijan  and  eastern  Anatolia。  Whitesheep  ruler  Tall  Hasan  reigned 
1452C78  failed  in  his  attempts  to  contain  the  eastward  expansion  of  the 
Ottomans察but he defeated the Blacksheep Jihan Shah in 1467 and the Timurid 
Abu Said in 1468察extending his dominions to Baghdad察Herat察and the Persian 
Gulf。 
1453此Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took Istanbul。 Demise of 
the  Byzantine  Empire。  Sultan  Mehmet  later  missioned  his  portrait  from 
Bellini。 
1501C1736此The  Safavid  Empire  ruled  in  Persia。  The  establishment  of  Shia 
Islam as the state religion helped unify the empire。 The seat of the empire was 
at first located in Tabriz察then moved to Kazvin察and later察to Isfahan。 The first 
Safavid  ruler察 Shah  Ismail  reigned  1501C24察 subdued  the  areas  that  the 
Whitesheep ruled in Azerbaijan and Persia。 Persia weakened appreciably during 
the rule of Shah Tahmasp I reigned 1524C76。 
1512此 The  Flight  of  Bihzad。  The  great  miniaturist  Bihzad  emigrated  from 
Herat to Tabriz。 
1514此 The  Plunder  of  the  Seven  Heavens  Palace。  The  Ottoman  Sultan 
Selim the Grim察after defeating the Safavid army at Chaldiran察plundered the 
Seven  Heavens  Palace  in  Tabriz。  He  returned  to  Istanbul  with  an  exquisite 
collection of Persian miniatures and books。 
1520C66此 S┨leyman  the  Magnificent  and  the  Golden  Age  of  Ottoman 
Culture。 The reign of Ottoman Sultan S┨leyman the Magnificent。 Important 
conquests  expanded  the  empire  to  the  east  and  the  west察 including  the  first 
seige of Vienna 1529 and the capture of Baghdad from the Safavids 1535。 
1556C1605此 Reign  of  Akbar察 Emperor  of  Hindustan察 a  descendant  of 
Tamerlane and Genghis Khan。 He established miniaturists¨ workshops in Agra。 
1566C74此The reign of Ottoman Sultan Selim II。 Peace treaties signed with 
Austria and Persia。 
1571此 The  Battle  of  Lepanto。  A  four´hour  naval  battle  between  allied 
Christian  forces  and  the  Ottomans  subsequent  to  the  Ottoman  invasion  of 
Cyprus  1570。  Though  the  Ottomans  were  defeated察 Venice  surrendered 
Cyprus  to  the  Ottomans  in  1573。  The  battle  had  great  impact  on  European 
morale and was the subject of paintings by Titian察Tintoretto and Veronese。 
1574C95此The reign of Ottoman Sultan Murat III during whose rule the 
events of our novel take place。 His rule witnessed a series of struggles between 
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1578C90  known  as  the  Ottoman´Safavid  wars。  He  was  the  Ottoman  sultan 
most  interested  in  miniatures  and  books察 and  he  had  the  Book  of  Skills察 the 
Book  of  Festivities  and  the  Book  of  Victories  produced  in  Istanbul。  The  most 
prominent  Ottoman  miniaturists察 including  Osman  the  Miniaturist  Master 
Osman and his disciples察contributed to them。 
1576此Shah Tahmasp¨s Peace Offering to the Ottomans。 After decades of 
hostility察Safavid Shah Tahmasp made a present to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II 
upon  the  death  of  S┨leyman  the  Magnificent  in  an  attempt  to  foster  future 
peace。  Among  the  gifts  sent  to  Edirne  is  an  exceptional  copy  of  the  Book  of 
Kings察 produced  over  a  period  of  twenty´five  years。  The  book  was  later 
transferred to the Treasury in the Topkapi Palace。 
1583此The Persian miniaturist Velijan Olive察about ten years after ing 
to Istanbul察is missioned to work for the Ottoman court。 
1587C1629此Reign of the Safavid Persian ruler Shah Abbas I察begins with the 
deposition  of  his  father  Muhammad  Khodabandeh。  Shah  Abbas  reduced 
Turkmen  power  in  Persia  by  moving  the  capital  from  Kazvin  to  Isfahan。  He 
made peace with the Ottomans in 1590。 
1591此The Story of Black and the Ottoman Court Painters。 A year before 
the  thousandth  anniversary  calculated  in  lunar  years  of  the  Hegira察 Black 
returns to Istanbul from the east察beginning the events recounted in the novel。 
1603C17此 The  reign  of  Ottoman  Sultan  Ahmet  I察 who  destroyed  the  large 
clock with statuary sent to the sultan as a present by Queen Elizabeth I。 
   
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Orhan Pamuk 
MY NAME IS RED 
 
Orhan Pamuk is the author of seven novels and the recipient 
of major Turkish and international literary awards。 
He is one of Europe¨s most prominent novelists察and 
his work has been translated into twenty´six languages。 
He lives in Istanbul。 
 
 
a note about the translator 
 
Erda拭M。 Gknar is visiting assistant professor of Turkish language 
and culture at Duke University。 He is also writing his first novel。 
 
 
 
 
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