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46. Ottoman aqueduct in Belgrade forest, Istanbul. 50, 51 and 52. Architectural features of the aqueduct. 48. Monastery on Chios island. 54. The Sultan.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Chios, Houses, Irrigation systems, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Istanbul, Monasteries, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

51. The prince heir to the Ottoman throne. On his right, the window through which the Sultan spied on the meetings of the Divan (assembly of Ottoman officials). 52. Plan of the Tower of Leander (bottom right). Plan of mosque (bottom centre). Drawing of minaret (bottom left) and other architectural and decorative features of a mosque (top) 57. Detail from wall decoration of the imperial mosques of Istanbul. 63. Wooden floor of Ottoman house in Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Divan (Divan-ı Hümayun), Houses, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Plans and drawings, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey

Map of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara: 1. Mount Uludag (Olympus of Mysia). 2. Marmara Sea or Propontis. 3. The islands of Marmara. 4. The position of Gallipoli. 5. Sultaniye castle on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles. 6. The Hellespont. 7,8. The New Fortresses of the Dardanelles. 9. The New Fortresses of the Dardanelles. 10. Ancient remains at the Troad. 11. Mount Ida at the Troad. 12. Simoes river. 13. Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Fortresses of the Dardanelles, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Island of Marmara / Marmara Adası / anc. Proconnesos, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mount Ida / Kazdağı (Turkey), Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Simoes river, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Troad, Turkey, Views

View of Istanbul. 1. Heptapyrgion or Yedikule castle 3. Fenerbahçe quarter. 4. Port of Kadiköy. 5-6. Scutari palace. 7. Tower of Leander. 8. Port of Scutari. 9.10 Tophane quarter and street market. 11. Galata and Pera district. 12. Shipyards of Kasımpaşa. 13. New Mosque (Mosque of Valide Sultan) 14. Palace of Porphyrogenitus.

Syrto from Istanbul. Score of religious hymn.

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Syrtos dance, Turkey

Song in honour of Sultan Selim (not specified which of the Sultans named Selim).

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Social sphere and everyday life, Songs, Thrace, Turkey

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

Fountain at the remains of church near the sea walls of Topkapi palace in Istanbul. According to the author, the Greek Orthodox of Istanbul would come to the fountain on the feast of the Transfiguration. Several of them would bury themselves in the sand and then drink from the holy fountain, thus realizing a symbolic transfiguration.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Feast of the Transfiguration, Festivities / Celebrations, Fountains / Springs, Greeks, Holy springs, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Walls of Constantinople

View of the Sea of Marmara and Bosporus.

Tags: Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Marmara sea / Propontis, Thrace, Turkey

Topographic map of Istanbul.

Tags: Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Signet from Istanbul: the flight of Aeneas from Troy.

Tags: Aeneas, Art and antiquities, Istanbul, Mythology, Stamps and signets, Thrace, Turkey

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the central nave looking towards the entrance.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

View of the interior of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the entrance looking towards the altar.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Interiors, Istanbul, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, from the northwest.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The junction of the Bosporus and Black Sea. On the hill, Yoros castle, also known as Genoese castle, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bithynia, Black Sea, Bosporus, Castles and fortresses, Human types, Istanbul, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Yoros castle (Yoros kalesi)

Ottoman document. On the bottom right, the seal of the Ottoman minister of the Exterior, and an interpretation of the seal's symbols by the author.

Tags: Imperial seals, Istanbul, Ottoman imperial signets and seals, Ottoman officials, Seals, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Whirling dervish of the Mevlevi order.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervish orders, Dervishes, Human types, Istanbul, Mevlevi order, Prayer, Religious practices, Thrace, Turkey

Map of Istanbul.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Plan of Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Istanbul, Maps, Ottoman palaces, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Map of the Bosporus.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Map of the European part of Istanbul.

Tags: Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Score of Turkish traditional music.

Tags: Cultural activities, Istanbul, Music, Musical scores, Thrace, Turkey

View of Seraglio Point from the embassy of the Netherlands at Pera district.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Walls of Constantinople

Ottomans carry slaves (war prisoners) to Istanbul.

Tags: Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman soldiers, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Torture, Turkey, Turks

Portrait of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha, prime mover of the Second Siege of Vienna.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Grand Viziers, Horses, Istanbul, Kara Mustafa Paşa, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of Sultan Mehmed IV.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Istanbul, Mehmed IV the Hunter, Portraits, Second Siege of Vienna (1683), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar on the Asian coast of the Bosporus. In the background, on the left, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and the mosque of Ahmed I. At the centre, the mosque of Suleiman I. On the right the Tower of Galata.

Map of the Golden Horn, the Bosporus and adjacent area.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Maps, Thrace, Turkey

Table showing depth fluctuations of the Bosporus waters according to the seasons, as measured from an observation point at Galata.

Tags: Bosporus, Istanbul, Natural environment, Natural phenomena, Thrace, Turkey

The junction of the Bosporus and the Black Sea.

Tags: Asia Minor, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Lighthouses, Natural environment, Symplegades / Clashing Rocks / Cyanean Rocks, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The quarter of Büyükdere on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fishing, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Nets, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Leisure scene at one of the fields where the Sultan used to hunt. In the background, a storyteller entertaining the public.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Social sphere and everyday life, Storytellers, Tents, Thrace, Turkey, Women

Valide Dam at Belgrade Forest, on the northwestern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Valide Dam (Valide Bendi)

View of Tarabya, Istanbul.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Leisure spaces, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Tarabya / Therapeia, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

Landscape at Çubuklu, on the northeastern coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Asia Minor, Bithynia, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Çubuklu, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Turkey, Views, Yalı

Kiosk by the sea at Sweet Waters of Asia.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman kiosks, Thrace, Turkey, Views

The Anatolian Castle (Anadolu Hisarı) on the Asian coast of the Bosporus.

Tags: Anatolian Castle / Anadolu Hisari, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Natural environment, Turkey, Views, Women

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