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View of Istanbul from Büyükdere, on the European shores of the Bosporus.

View of the Golden Horn from Eyüp.

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.

View of the Second Courtyard of the Topkapi Palace, also known as the outer courtyard. On the left the Imperial Harem and Divan. On the right the Imperial Kitchens. In the background the Gate of Felicity, leading to the Third Courtyard of the Palace.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Divan-ı Hümayun, Gate of Felicity / Bab-üs Saadet (Istanbul), Harem, Human types, Imperial kitchens, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Views

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.

View of Istanbul from Maiden's Tower. In the foreground imperial boats are departing from Topkapi Palace. In the first view, the Ottoman Sultan; in the second, some Ottoman princes.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Cannons, Frankish monuments, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Houses, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Kadıköy /anc. Chalcedon, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman army, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman princes (Şehzade), Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shipyard of Karaköy, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Tower of Leander (Kız kulesi), Turkey, Views, Weapons

View of Istanbul from Bulgurlu hill at Üsküdar. In the foreground two west European men, one of whom is most probably the author himself, are chatting with Ottoman men.

Tags: Animals, Antoine Ignace Melling, Architecture and built environment, Beyoğlu / gr. Pera -Stavrodromi, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Dogs, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Golden Horn, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Mihrimah Sultan Camii), Mosque of Abdülmecid (Büyük Mecidiye Camii), Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Natural environment, Nobility, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa, Ottomans, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Shepherds, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Üsküdar / gr. Scutari / anc. Chrysopolis, Views, Writers

The Yedikule fortress. In the background Hagia Sophia and the Mosque of Sultan Ahmet I.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Byzantine walls, Castles and fortresses, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Marmara sea / Propontis, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Yedikule fortress (Yedikule Hissari / gr. Heptapyrgion)

The Sultan's boat entering the Golden Horn.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Golden Horn, Human types, Imperial boats, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Professions, Sarayburnu / Seraglio Point, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

View of Istanbul from Üsküdar.

Map of Greece with the western shores of Asia Minor. On the lower part a the map of Istanbul is provided as well.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Coats of arms – Emblems, Golden Horn, Greece, Houses, Istanbul, Maps, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Tufeks (firearm), Turkey, Views, Weapons

View of Tenedos (Bozcaada).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bozcaada / Tenedos, Castle of Tenedos (Bozcaada kalesi), Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ports, Turkey, Views

Map of Greece with the western shores of Asia Minor. On the lower part a map of Istanbul is provided as well.

Tags: Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Bosporus, Coats of arms – Emblems, Golden Horn, Greece, Istanbul, Maps, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Tufeks (firearm), Turkey, Views, Weapons

Well in an Ottoman garden in Koroni.

Tags: Animals, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Gardens, Greece, Horses, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Peloponnese, Social sphere and everyday life, Wells, Women

Turkish woman waters the flowers of her husband's grave.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Greece, Human types, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Peloponnese, Religious ceremonies, Social sphere and everyday life, Women

Turkish mausoleums and funerary steles in the Peloponnese.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Children, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Greece, Human types, Mausoleums, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mausoleums, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Peloponnese

The mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I, Istanbul.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Funerary monuments, Human types, Istanbul, Mausoleum of Sultan Suleiman I (Sultan Süleyman türbesi), Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Quran, Reading, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

The Sultan Ahmed I Mosque, Istanbul.

Tags: Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Golden Horn, Istanbul, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey, Views, Walls

The illumination of New Mosque at Eminönü.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Dogs, Eminönü, Golden Horn, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Thrace, Turkey

View of Lapseki and the Hellespont.

Tags: Boats and ships, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Funerary monuments, Lapseki / anc. Lampsacus, Muslim cemeteries, Mysia, Natural environment, Ottoman monuments, Turkey, Views

View of Gelibolu.

Tags: Aqueducts, Boats and ships, Fountains / Springs, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Human types, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Smoking, Thrace, Turkey, Views, Women

View of the grand mosque and the bazaar of Gelibolu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bazaar of Gallipoli (Gelibolu), Economic activities, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Gelibolu / Galliboli, Human types, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Professions, Smoking, Street markets and bazaars, Thrace, Turkey, Women

View of Sultaniye Castle at the Dardanelles.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Mosques, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Sultaniye Castle (Sultaniye Kalesi - Çimenlik Kalesi), Turkey

Dressing room in the Baths of Suleiman in Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Baths (Hamam), Baths of Suleiman / Town baths of Rhodes / Yeni Hamam, Coffee, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Ethnic groups, Greece, Healthcare, Ottoman monuments, Ottomans, Rhodes, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life

Relief of angel and coat of arms of Grand Master Émery d'Amboise, from D'Amboise Gate. Ottoman inscription from the same gate (“There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God."). Relief of Virgin with infant and coat of arms of Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson, discovered in the Jewish quarter and kept at the Franciscan monastery in Rhodes. Coat of arms of the Knights Hospitaller from the medieval town. Latin inscription «In convertendo inimicum meum retrorsum infirmabuntur et peribunt a facie tua» (Psalms 9:3 “When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence”), referring to the siege of Rhodes by the Ottomans.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Coats of arms – Emblems, D'Amboise Gate (Rhodes), Dodecanese, Emery d'Amboise, Greece, Icons, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Pierre d'Aubusson, Reliefs, Rhodes

The fortifications of the city of Rhodes and the Muslim cemetery seen from the southeast.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Cemeteries, Dodecanese, Greece, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Naillac tower, Ottoman monuments, Rhodes, Views, Walls, Windmills

The fortifications of the city of Rhodes and the Muslim cemetery seen from the west. The author being shown the location.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Cemeteries, Dodecanese, Funerary monuments, Greece, Inscriptions, Medieval monuments, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Ottoman inscriptions, Ottoman monuments, Rhodes, Views, Walls, Windmills

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