Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Count of Lazar

Count of Lazar

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Count of Lazar

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Count of Lazar

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Count of Lazar

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Count of Lazar

Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary, a large historical state in central Europe.

Count of Lazar

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary, a large historical state in central Europe.

Murad I, Ottoman Sultan

Murad or Murad Bey (Murad I), Ottoman Sultan (1360-1389); he died after the battle of Kosovo. The epithet 'Baquin' used here by Froissart recalls perhaps the Arab term 'Baqir', meaning wise and knowledgeable, an allusion perhaps to the penchant the sultan may have had for learning.

Ayasuluk

Alto-Luogo or Ayasuluk (near Selçuk in Turkey, close to Ephesus).

Christendom

Count of Lazar

Another instance of Froissart's characteristic use of a plunging view from a window, here giving a perspective on an inner courtyard.

Froissart here emphasises the strategic role played by Hungary in the defence of the Christian West against the Muslim invasions.

Manuscript reading: Il

Emended reading: Ilz