That body of men, to whom Europeans give the name of Ushers, is of a very great use in the court of the Grand Signior.
Category: Turkey
Costumes, customs, traditions and history of Turkey.
The Chief confectioner to the Sultan. Ottoman Empire.
The confectioner to the palace. Chief confectioner of the Turkish Sultan.
An Armenian. Ottoman Empire costume.
An Armenian. Ottoman Empire.
Janissaries Ottoman Empire.
Janissaries Ottoman Empire. Turkish Elite Infantry.
Ottoman Empire Public Office 1838
Ottoman Empire Public Office in Constantinople Title: Bureau public (Kàlem ou). Published: L’Univers Pittoresque, Paris 1838.
Ottoman Empire, Sultan Mehmed II.
Ottoman Empire, Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. (1432-1481 ) Painting by Gentile Bellini (not proved), 25 November 1480.
Dinner of an European Ambassador in the Hall of the Divan.
Dinner of an European Ambassador with the Grand Vizier in the Hall of the Divan. The Divan of the Sublime Porte was the council of the Ottoman Empire.
Sufi Dervishes Dance. Ottoman Empire.
Sufi Dervishes Dance. Ottoman Empire. Whirling Dervishes Dance of the Mevlevi order. Title: Danse des Derwichs Mewlewis Published: L’Univers Pittoresque, Paris 1838.
Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Bayezid III (1448-1512)
Turkish brocade caftan. Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Bayezid III (1448-1512)
Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Osman III (1699 – 1757)
Turkish brocade on silk, caftan of Sultan Osman III (1699 – 1757) Osman III. (Turkish Üçüncü Osman; 1699 – 1757) was the 25th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754… Read More