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The court of Kiliç Ali Pasha Mosque at Tophane, Istanbul. In the background, Nusretiye mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Children, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kiliç Ali Pasha Complex (Kılıç Ali Paşa Külliye), Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Scribes, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
Leisure scene at Pinarbasi, a neighbourhood of Bursa. A story teller entertains the public.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Hookahs, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure, Leisure spaces, Pınarbaşı, Professions, Rivers, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Storytellers, Thrace, Turkey, Turks
Leisure scene at the location of Sweet Waters of Asia.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Bithynia, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Küçüksu fountain (Küçüksu Çeşmesi), Leisure, Leisure spaces, Mihrişah Valide Sultan Fountain (Mihrişah Valide Sultan Çeşmesi), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Asia / Göksu Deresi / byz. Potamion, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Women
The Hippodrome of Istanbul with the mosque of Sultan Ahmed I. Hagia Sophia on the left.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine architecture, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Africans, Animals, Arvanites, Athens, Attica, Cafés / Cafeneia, Carpets, Castles and fortresses, Children, Coffee, Commerce, Costume - Hats and headwear, Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Greece, Greengrocers, Human types, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Monastiraki, Mosques, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Pack animals, Pilgrims, Shoes and footwear, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Street markets and bazaars, Turks, Tzistaraki Mosque (Athens), Views, Voivodes, Walls, Women
Leisure scene at Sweet waters of Europe (Kağithane).
Saadabad palace in the distance.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Modes of transport, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Professions, Saadabad Palace (Saadabad Sarayı), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sweet waters of Europe / Kağithane, Thrace, Turkey, Women
The entrance of the Ulu Mosque in Bursa. In the background Mount Uludağ.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Baskets, Bithynia, Bursa, Bursa Grand Mosque (Bursa Ulu Camii), Costume - Hats and headwear, Fruit, Houses, Human types, Itinerant traders, Mosques, Mount Uludağ / Mysian Olympus, Mountains, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Shops, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Views, Women
Hadrian's Library in Athens.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Baskets, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Hadrian, Houses, Human types, Itinerant traders, Libraries, Library of Hadrian / Church of Megali Panagia (Athens), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Roman Εmperors, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Women
View of Istiniye, on the European shores of the Bosporus. On the left the Fountain of Ahmet Şemsettin.
Tags: Ahmet Şemsettin fountain/ (Ahmet Şemsettin efendi çeşmesi), Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Istanbul, İstinye / anc. Leosthenion, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Sarıyer, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Women
View of the Tophane square and the Fountain of Sultan Mahmut I. In the background the Nusretiye Mosque.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Baskets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Fountain of Mahmut I / I. Mahmut Sultan Çeşmesi, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Merchants / Traders, Mosques, Nusretiye Mosque (Nusretiye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Tophane, Turkey, Women
Milk store in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Human types, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
The central avenue of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Kapalı çarşı /Grand Bazaar, Merchants / Traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Porters, Professions, Shops, Social sphere and everyday life, Street markets and bazaars, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Women
The prairie of Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Büyükdere / byz. Bathyrrhyax, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Oxen, Sarıyer, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
View of the park of Pera, next to the cemetery. This park started off the area around today's Taxim square and through the neighborhoods of Gümüşsuyu and Fındıklı it reached the shores of Bosporus.
Tags: Animals, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Leisure spaces, Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Park of Pera / Beyoğlu, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women
The Hippodrome of Constantinople. In the background the Obelisks of the Byzantine Emperors Theodosius II and Constantine VII. On the left the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Camels, Carriages, Children, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Goats, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Mosques, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Water sellers, Women
The march of the Sultan from Topkapi Palace to the mosque, on the day of Bayram.
Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Fountains / Springs, Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military parades, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Processions, Religious practices, Selim III (III. Selim), Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
View of the first Courtyard, known also as Court of the Janissaries or Parade Court. On the right Hagia Irene and the Imperial Mint. In the background the Gate of Salutation, leading to the Second Courtyard of the palace.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Donkeys, Fountains / Springs, Gate of the Salutation (Bab-üs Selam), Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Horses, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mint (Darphane-i Âmire), Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Oxen, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Water sellers
The Hippodrome of Constantinople.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Human types, Istanbul, Itinerant traders, Janissaries, Military officers, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Smoking, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Tents, Thrace, Views, Women
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