Kızlar Ağası was the title of the chief black palace eunuch who guarded the imperial harem.
The Kislar Aga, or first Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem.
Category: Turkey
Costumes, customs, traditions and history of Turkey.
Capidji Bachi their dress of ceremony.
Capidji Bachi. Officers of the Grand Signior. Historical Ottoman Empire officials and ethnic groups. THESE officers, who are in their dress of ceremony, which consists of rich silks, trimmed and… Read More
An Inferior Officer of the Janissaries. Ottoman Empire.
An Inferior Officer of the Janissaries. Lower-ranking official of the Janissary corps.
A Sultana, or Odalisk. Odalisque of the Sultan’s Harem.
Odalisque of the Sultan’s Harem.
A Spahi of the Asiatic provinces. Member of the Ottoman irregular cavalry.
The establishment of the Spahis is the most ancient in Turkey. This drawing was made from a Spahi, belonging to one of the Asiatic provinces.
Janissary Laddle-Bearer. Ottoman Empire 1800.
Laddle-Bearer. Cook of the Janissary corps. More:A Tatar. Ottoman Empire 1800. Ottoman Empire Subaltern Officer of the Janissary. Ottoman Empire Costume. 1804 Japan. Harness (Samurai) 1800. 19th Century Feminine costumes… Read More
A Turk in a Pelise. Ottoman man in a fur coat.
A Turk in a Pelise. Ottoman man in a fur coat. More:Noble woman costume from Turkey, Ottoman Empire 1843. Ottoman Empire Costumes of the Ottoman court. Cara Coulouktjou,… Ottoman Empire Chiffon… Read More
First Dragoman. Page, messenger of the Turkish Sultan. Ottoman Empire.
First Dragoman, messenger of the Turkish Sultan. Historical Ottoman Empire officials. The costume of Turkey by Octavian Dalvimart.
The Chief of the Ulemas.
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A Greek woman of the Island of Marmara (with her child).
The island of Marmora, according to Strabo, was known to the ancients by the name of Proconnesus.