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Evidence for Tavla (Ottoman)
2 pieces of evidence found.
Id DLP.Evidence.2303
Type Contemporary text
Location 41° 0'41.52"N, 28°58'58.84"E
Date 1503-01-01 - 1503-12-31
Rules Name of the game.
Content Passage from the Satrançname by Uzun Firdevsi, written for Sultan Bayezid II in 1503. Discusses the invention of tavla by a Persian ruler named Erdeşir (Nardashir). Değirmenci 2020: 150.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Genders Male
Source Değirmenci, T. 2020. Games as a Sign of Social Status: Backgammon in Ottoman Literature and Visual Culture. In V. Kopp and E. Lapina (eds.), Games and Visual Culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Turnhout: Brepols, 145-171.
Id DLP.Evidence.2304
Type Artistic depiction
Location 41° 0'41.52"N, 28°58'58.84"E
Date 1575-01-01 - 1599-12-31
Rules Backgammon board.
Content Ottoman depiction of men playing Tavla in a coffee house. The board is clearly depicted with four groups of six points in four quadrants. Değirmenci 2020: 155-158.
Confidence 100
Ages Adult
Social status Elite
Spaces Inside, Public, Communal
Genders Male
Source Değirmenci, T. 2020. Games as a Sign of Social Status: Backgammon in Ottoman Literature and Visual Culture. In V. Kopp and E. Lapina (eds.), Games and Visual Culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Turnhout: Brepols, 145-171.
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