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Ast-chi, a cook. Ast-chi bashi, head cook of the Janissary corps.
Tags: Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jewellery, Military uniforms, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Portraits, Professions, Servants, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey
Ottoman soldiers exercising in Cirit, a martial art practiced with a javelin.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cirit, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Martial arts, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Ottoman army, Ottoman kiosks, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons
Ottoman soldiers exercising in Tomak, a martial art practiced with wooden balls.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Cooks, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Martial arts, Ottoman army, Ottoman kiosks, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Thrace, Tomak, Turkey, Weapons
Map of central Crete. After being besieged for twenty-four years, Crete bacame part of the Ottoman realm in 1669. In the foreground, scene from the naval battle of March 1668 between the Ottoman and the Venetian fleet, outside Chandax. General Morosini and Ottoman officials captivated.
Tags: Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Ethnic groups, Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian officials, Venetians, Weapons
View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Ethnic groups, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, History, Human types, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Ottomans, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Venetians, Views, Walls, Weapons
View of the Great Fortress of Chandax (Heraklion) together with the Kules Fortress, also known as Rocca a Mare.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Battles, Boats and ships, Cannons, Crete, Fortifications and fortresses, Great Castle of Chandax (Heraklion), Greece, Heraklion, Islands, Kules Fortress / Rocca al Mare (Heraklion), Maps, Ottoman army, Ottoman–Venetian Wars, Siege of Chandax (1645-1669), Tents, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Venetian walls (Heraklion), Views, Walls, Weapons
Views of the mausoleums of Sultans Murat III, Selim I, Mehmet III and Mustafa I in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Children, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Funerary monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mausoleums, Mehmed III (III. Mehmet), Murad III (III. Murat), Mustafa I (Ι. Mustafa), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman mausoleums, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Selim I (I. Selim), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: View of the western part of the upper gallery, where the throne of the Byzantine Emperor once stood.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Chandeliers, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Nobility, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul: View of the upper gallery from the north-west.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Nobility, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the imperial tribune in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This tribune stood between the mihrab and the Columns from Ephesus, which were transferred to the imperial capital during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Children, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the imperial tribune in Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This tribune stood between the mihrab and the Columns from Ephesus, which were transferred to the imperial capital during the reign of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Children, Columns / Pillars, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ephesus, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the north nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. In the background the esonarthex. On the left the Grand Vizier praying.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Grand Viziers, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the north nave.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Muslim prayer, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views
View of the north nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. On the right one of the two lustration urns from Pergamon, transferred to the temple during the reign of Sultan Murat III.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Children, Christian priests, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Murad III (III. Murat), Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Religious practices, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Urns, Views
View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, looking eastwards.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Chandeliers, Cherubs, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mihrab, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Quranic inscriptions, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of Istanbul from Okmeydani.
Tags: Animals, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fatih Mosque /Mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmed camii), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Okmeydanı, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Valens Aqueduct (Bozdoğan Kemeri), Views
View of Tophane.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Cannons, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Order of battle, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman imperial armory / Tophane-i Amire, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Ports, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Views, Weapons
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