Khataynama

Khataynama (Persian: نامهٔ خطای, romanized: Book on China) is a Persian-language travelogue about Ming China, composed in Constantinople in the early 16th century by 'Ali Akbar Khata'i.^[1]

Ottoman Turkish translation of the Khataynama's Persian original. Manuscript entitled: Tercüme-i târih-i nevâdir-i Çin Mâçîn ("Translation of the rare history and descriptions of China"). Created at the Tophâne-i Âmire Litografya Destigâhi, dated 1854

This travelogue demonstrates awareness of Iran as a religious, cultural, and geopolitical notion. The introduction of the Khataynama states that a different Muslim realms (mamlekat-e Mosalmani) existed: Arabestan (the land of Arabs), Rum (the land of Ottomans), and Ajamestan (the land of ajams), which is made up of realm of molk-e Iran (Iran) and Turan (Central Asia).^[2]