<p style="text-align: justify;">Acknowledgements Note on transcription Introduction 1. <em>Aşıkpaşazade from a modern perspective</em> Sources and textual traditions of fifteenth-century Ottoman Historiography The approach of modern scholarship to the development of Ottoman Historiography A chronological portrayal of Aşıkpaşazade in secondary literature 2. <em>The historiographical issues surrounding the use of Aşıkpaşazade as a source</em> Portrayal of Aşıkpaşazade by modern Turkish scholarship: is the tag of nationalism relevant? The portrayal of Aşıkpaşazade as a propagandist of the Ottoman dynasty Ottoman Genealogy The Ottomans' arrival into Anatolia Dream of Osman Ghazi 3. <em>The content and logic of Aşıkpaşazade’s history of the Ottoman Dynasty</em> The nature and structure of Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty Aşıkpaşazade’s sources for his History of the Ottoman Dynasty The use of Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty by Neşri 4. <em>The themes and topoi identifiable in Aşıkpaşazade’s history of the Ottoman Dynasty</em> Aşıkpaşazade’s treatment of the Ottoman rulers Aşıkpaşazade and the concept of <em>istimâlet</em> An evaluation of the poetry in Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty 5. <em>Aşıkpazade’s history of the Ottoman dynasty as an autobiographical source</em> An evaluation of the autobiographical references in Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty Conclusion Bibliography</p>