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A European ambassador appears before the Sultan.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Furniture, Human types, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Turks
A European ambassador has dinner with the Grand Vizier.
Tags: Ambassadors, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Ṭuğrā (Seals – signatures of the Sultan) (Seals – signatures of the Sultan), Turkey, Turks
A Pasha, governor of an Ottoman province, marching towards Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Natural environment, Ottoman officials, Parades, Riders, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey
A trial in the presence of the Grand Vizier.
Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Court officials, Courthouses, Grand Viziers, Human types, Inscriptions, Interiors, Istanbul, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Quranic inscriptions, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Women
The Chief Admiral of the Ottoman fleet shows himself before the Sultan. In the background (right to left) the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I, Hagia Sophia and Hagia Irene.
Tags: Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (Kapudan Paşa), Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Irene (Istanbul), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman kiosks, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey, Women
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
The main entrance to Tokapi Palace in Istanbul. Hagia Sophia on the right, the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III on the left.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III (III. Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Modes of transport, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman palaces, Social sphere and everyday life, Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Hümâyûn or Saltanat Kapısı), Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
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
Muslim women entertaining themelves in their private quarters.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Furniture, Houses, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Interiors, Istanbul, Music, Musical instruments, Muslim women, Qanun (instrument), Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Spinning, Thrace, Turkey, Turkish women, Women
A caravan departs from Istanbul to the Holy Mosque of Mecca during the Ramadan, with sacred camels and gifts from the Sultan.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bayram, Boats and ships, Camels, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Gifts, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Parades, Pilgrimage to Mecca, Pilgrimages, Ramadan, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Travel, Turkey
Religious ceremony in the Audience Hall of Tokapi Palace on the eve of the Bayram.
Tags: Audience Hall (Arz odası), Bayram, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
Parade of horses in the Sultans's honour, in the Second Court of Topkapi Palace, on the eve of the Bayram.
Tags: Animals, Bayram, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Golden Horn, Horses, Human types, Imperial stables, Istanbul, Military parades, Mosques, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Ottoman palaces, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Stables, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey
The Grand Vizier offers dinner (Ifter) to other Ottoman officials during the Ramadan.
Tags: Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Houses, Human types, Iftar / Ramadan dinner, Interiors, Istanbul, Muslim ceremonies, Ottoman officials, Ramadan, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The tomb of Valide Sultan Turhan Hatice, mother of Mehmed IV at the mosque of Valide Sultan or New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in Eminönü, Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Books, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eminönü, Funerary monuments, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mausoleums, New Mosque (Yeni Camii / Valide Sultan Camii), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Prayer, Quran, Religious practices, Sultans, Thrace, Tomb of Turhan Hatice Sultan (Istanbul), Turhan Hatice Sultan, Turkey
The public library of Grand Vizier Recip Paşa in Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Books, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Recep Paşa (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Quranic inscriptions, Recep Pasha, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.
Tags: Abdul Hamid I / I. Abdul Hamid, Architecture and built environment, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Furniture, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Libraries, Library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (Istanbul), Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
Hagia Sophia, Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I (Blue Mosque) and Laleli Mosque, Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Human types, Istanbul, Laleli Mosque (Laleli Camii), Mausoleum of Mustafa Paşa III (Istanbul), Mausoleums, Mosques, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Smoking, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Thrace, Turkey
Official prayer to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in the presence of the Sultan and other supreme officials, at the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul.
Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Festivities / Celebrations, Grand Viziers, Human types, Interiors, Istanbul, Mawlid, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Ottoman officials, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Sultan Ahmed Mosque / Blue Mosque ( Sultan Ahmet Camii), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eyüp / byz. Kosmidion, Funerary monuments, Funerary steles, Horses, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, Muslim cemeteries, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Rites of passage, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Turkey
Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.
Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Camels, Carpets, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dogs, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Mosques, Muslim prayer, Natural environment, Ottoman architecture, Ottoman monuments, Religious practices, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Travel, Turkey
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