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The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.

Tags: Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, French, Houses, Human types, Irak, Lunar eclipses, Mosul, Natural phenomena, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.

Tags: Aleppo, Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, French, Houses, Human types, Military parades, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Syria, Turks

Preparation of wine at Aleppo, Syria.

Tags: Aleppo, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, French, Human types, Interiors, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Wine, Women

Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Damascus, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Inns, Kteifa, Social sphere and everyday life, Syria, Women

The fountain at the courtyard of Sinan Pasha mosque in Damascus.

Tags: Arabs, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Damascus, Fountains / Springs, French, Human types, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Sinan Pasha Mosque (Damascus), Social sphere and everyday life, Syria

Preparation of wine at Rosetta, Egypt.

Tags: Arabs, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Egypt, Ethnic groups, French, Fruit, Professions, Rashid / anc. Rosetta, Social sphere and everyday life, Viticulture

The author's ship is attacked by three privateer ship outside Tunis.

Tags: Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Pirates and privateers, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel, Tunis, Tunisia

Ways in which captives are tortured in Egypt.

Tags: Animals, Art and antiquities, Camels, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, Pyramids, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Torture

The Bey (Ottoman official) of Upper Egypt , enters in Cairo.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Equids, Horses, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottoman officials, Processions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Privateers attacking a ship.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: a priest distributes the Holy Fire.

Tags: Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Easter, Festivities / Celebrations, Holy Fire, Holy Sepulchre, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life

Reception of a caravan comprised of officials on a pilgrimage at a convent in Jerusalem.

Tags: Baths, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Monasteries, Monks, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Priests, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

The author travelling in Egypt on a camel. In the foreground, Arab companions of the author give alimony to a man in need.

Tags: Animals, Arabs, Author portraits, Beggars, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Ethnic groups, French, Human types, Jean de Thévenot, Ostrichs, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

The Nilometer, square cistern with a marble column, used to measure the levels o the Nile in Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Houses, Human types, Nile river, Nilometer (Cairo), Rivers, Social sphere and everyday life

Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, History, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Festivities at the port of Istanbul, to celebrate the construction of a new ship.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ports, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Muslim funeral in Istanbul.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman cemeteries, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Leisure scene at the streets of Istanbul during the Bayram feast.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bayram, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure, Mosques, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Scene at a bath, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey

Romani of Banat, historical region of Central Europe (shared between Hungary, Serbia and Romania) washing gold.

Tags: Banat, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Hungary, Mines, Professions, Romani, Romania, Serbia, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Mineralogical instuments.

Tags: Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Tools

Inn near Kavala.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Horses, Human types, Inns, Kavala, Macedonia, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel

Family of Tatar nomads spends the night at the steppe.

Tags: Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Nomads, Russia, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tatars, Ukraine, Women

Tomb and votive offerings from Taman, Russia.

Tags: Black Sea, Burial mounds, Funerary monuments, Jewellery, Religious practices, Russia, Sea of Azov, Social sphere and everyday life, Taman, Votive offerings / Ex-voto

Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Kuban, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tatars, Towers

Post office at southern Kuban, area inhabited by Tatar tribes, Russia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Kuban, Post offices, Public bulidings, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Tatars, Views

Tatar of Astrakhan area (Nagoy tribe) travels in traditional vehicle.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Bovids, Carriages, Ethnic groups, Human types, Modes of transport, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Tatars

Cossacks of Novocherkassk enjoying their bath in the Don during the flood season.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baths, Black Sea, Churches, Cossacks, Don river, Human types, Novocherkassk, Rivers, Russia, Sea of Azov, Social sphere and everyday life

Double canoe widely used by the Cossacks of Don river.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Cossacks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Don river, Ethnic groups, Human types, Rivers, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Sea of Azov, Social sphere and everyday life

The author's carriage crossing the stepe of Kuban, Russia.

Tags: Animals, Black Sea, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crimea, Horses, Human types, Kuban, Modes of transport, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life

A carriage transported across river in Russia.

Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Carriages, Cooking, Horses, Human types, Modes of transport, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life

Footwear common to several countries of the North, especially Scandinavia and Russia.

Tags: Russia, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life

Traditional pipes of Russia.

Tags: Russia, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

Carriage at the streets of Moscow.

Tags: Animals, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Horses, Human types, Modes of transport, Moscow, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers

Wife of affluent Russian merchant in gala dress.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Leisure, Merchants / Traders, Professions, Russia, Russians, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Portrait of the Archbishop of Moscow in vestments of the Resurrection ceremony.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Moscow, Portraits, Priests, Religious practices, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Vestments (liturgical garments)

Carnival scene at Saint Petersburg.

Tags: Carnival, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Leisure, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Woman from Arsamas in typical costume, Moscow.

Tags: Arsamas, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Moscow, Russia, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Greek merchant from Astrakhan on a visit to Moscow.

Tags: Astrakhan, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, Human types, Merchants / Traders, Moscow, Professions, Russia, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life

Petrovsky Palace at the entrance of Moscow. The palace was built in the era of Catherine the Great and was the penultimate stopover of Russian emperors in their journey from Saint Petersburg (then capitall of the Russian empire) to Moscow.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Human types, Moscow, Palaces, Petrovsky palace, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel, Women

Window of typical Russian rural house. Warm stockings worn by the women of Valday province, Russia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Houses, Human types, Russia, Social sphere and everyday life, Valday

Funerary procession of the king of Tonkin (Vietnam).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hanoi, Human types, Kingdom of Tonkin, Kings, Officials, Processions, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tonkin, Vietnam

1-2: Golden coins of the Sultanate of Golkonda, India. 3-4: Coins of the kingdom of Visapur, India. 5,6. Coins of the Maharajah of Karnataka, India. 7-8. Coins of the Maharajah of Vellore, India. 9-12. Coins of the Maharajahs of Karnataka and Vellore. 13-17. Coins of the region of Coromandel at the eastern coast of India.

Tags: Coins, Coromandel, Economic activities, Golkonda, India, Karnataka, Social sphere and everyday life, Vellore, Visapur

The numbers used by speakers of all the languages of India alike, for financial and other transactions.

Tags: Alphabets, Commerce, Economic activities, India, Social sphere and everyday life

The tugra (signature) of the Shah of Persia, with interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Persia / Iran, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Ṭuğrā / Insignia of Ottoman officials

The seal of Shah Ismail I of Persia, with an interpretation of the symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Ismail I of Iran, Persia / Iran, Seals, Shah, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

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