Persia. Palace of Isfahan (Meidun-e Emam). Ruins of Persepolis. Kuh-i-Rahmat. Tomb of Cyrus the Great Persia. Sultan Mosque.
Persia. Persepolis, Isfahan. Ruins. Tomb.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
The Egg Dance at the court of Bhopal.
The Egg Dance at the court of Bhopal,” by Emile Bayard
Asiatic Female with head-dress Cidaris. Persian Phoenician origin.
This bust has been explained as that of Adonis. The head-dress is essentially of Eastern origin, and the cap is analogous to that which is considered peculiar to the Phrygian and Persian races.
The Capitan Pasha, Derya Bey. Admiral of the Turkish Navy.
Kaptan Pasha (Ottoman قاپودان پاشا; also Kaptanpaşa / کاپیتان پاشا; Kapudan i Derya / قاپودان دریا Kaptan-i Derya / کاپیتان دریا) was the highest military rank of the Ottoman Navy.
A Tatar. Ottoman Empire 1800.
The Tatars have different degrees of rank. Historical Ottoman Empire officials and ethnic groups.
A Mevlevi Tariqa Dervish. Historical Ottoman Empire officials.
The founder Dschalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi. When the first Dervish comes opposite the Scheik he makes a salutation, and, passing on, begins the dance.
A Turkish woman wears a green feredje. Dress worn at Constantinople.
The feredjè (Mantle, Cape or coat), is universally in that city made of green cloth or other stuff, with its long square cape quilted and covered with green silk.
A woman with maharmah, feredje and yellow boots.
A lady in a provincial dress with maharmah and feredje. Women commonly wore this style of outfit in Constantinople and the outer regions of the city.
Portrait of a female living at Pera, as she appears in the interior, or harem.
Portrait of a female living at Pera, as she appears in the interior, or harem.
The Kislar Aga, or first Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem.
Kızlar Ağası was the title of the chief black palace eunuch who guarded the imperial harem.