THE Pages of the Sultan, who hold a much more important office than is to be inferred from what we mean by the same name, at least they often arrive at the most important dignities, are appointed in a very peculiar manner.
The Mufti of Istanbul or Chief of the Religion. Ottoman Empire.
Subaltern officer of the Janissary corps. Ottoman Empire.
The different orders of Dervishes (Sufi) originated in the two sects of Ebu Bekir and of Ali. Their followers took the name of Dervishes, a Persian word, which means the sill or threshold of a door.
This plate is a portrait of one of them, who will succeed to the throne.
Each Janissary has a certain indelible symbol marked in the flesh of the arm by means of gunpowder, to shew the Odah, or regiment, to which he belongs.
Besides the regular and constant soldiers, comprehended under the classes of Janissaries and Spahis, there are several others.
Life guard cavalryman, weapon bearer, stirrup holder, Sultan’s sword bearer.
Models of Sélection Exquise. Les “Chapeaux du Très Parisien” Paris, 1921. Direction artistique: G.P. Joumard.
Les “Chapeaux du Très Parisien” Paris, 1921. Direction artistique: G.P. Joumard.
