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This study aims to discuss the author’s representation in the illustrated biographical writings (tazkiras) of the Islamic literature both in Persian and Ottoman works. Tazkiras serve to establish origins and display a celebrated person’s type through his or her life, actions and sayings. The word tazkira comes from the root “zikr” which means “to remember” or “to recollect”; therefore tazkira works are also memorial writings (reminders). Despite the large amount of the tazkiras written in Arab, Iran and Ottoman lands and cultures, only a small group of them have been illustrated so as to visualize the texts. A rare group of tazkiras have the representation of the author as well as the other personage. The depiction of the author accompanying the text in biographical writings is an element that served the same aim: to carry the information and the visual image of the author into the future. In this paper, the author portraits from the Persian and Ottoman illustrated tazkiras are discussed according to text-image relationship and general scheme of composition.

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