The Nusretname or Nusratnama ( Nuá¹£retnÃÂme, "Book of victory") was an Ottoman account of the campaigns of Lala Mustafa Pasha in the Caucasus, Georgia and Shirvan in 1578âÂÂ1580, at the onset of the OttomanâÂÂSafavid War (1578âÂÂ1590). The first copy was created in 1582 in Aleppo by the Ottoman bureaucrat Gelibolulu Mustafa Ali (Muá¹£á¹Âafa ÿÃÂlë, d. 1600), during the reign of Murad III, and a second more lavish copy was created at the court in Istanbul in 1584.
A first copy of the Nusretname was completed by Muá¹£á¹Âafa ÿÃÂlë in the winter of 1580-81, while he was in post in Aleppo. This early copy is now in the British Library: . It has six paintings, and is dated 1582.
When Muá¹£á¹Âafa ÿÃÂlë presented his work to Sultan Murad III in Istanbul, the Sultan was highly impressed, and requested an even more lavish copy to be made. This copy is now in the Topkapi Palace: , dated 1584. It has 48 illustrations, including 8 double-page illustrations, with illuminated margins throughout the manuscript. This second copy was also created under the supervision of Muá¹£á¹Âafa ÿÃÂlë, and was made in the Ottoman palace workshop.
Several major Ottoman illustrated manuscripts were created to relate the war against the Safavids, such as the Nuá¹£retnÃÂme ("Book of Victory") of the Ottoman bureaucrat Muá¹£á¹Âafa ÿÃÂlë (d. 1600) detailing the campaigns of LÃÂlàMuá¹£á¹Âafa Paà Âa, the à ÂecÃÂÿatnÃÂme ("Book of Valor") of ÃÂsafë Dal Meḥmed ÃÂelebi (d. 1597âÂÂ98) and the TÃÂrëh-i ÿOsmÃÂn Paà Âa ("History of ÿOsmÃÂn Paà Âa") by an anonymous author reporting the campaigns of ÃÂzdemiroÃÂlu Osman Pasha (d. 1585), governor of à ÂirvÃÂn.