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Triumphal parade of a Christian man converted to Islam.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Houses, Human types, Ottomans, Parades, Processions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Greek dance.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greeks, Human types, Music, Musical instruments, Musicians, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Turkish dance.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Cultural activities, Dance, Dancers, Ethnic groups, Human types, Music, Ottomans, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Penalty imposed to prostitutes in the Ottoman empire.

Tags: Animals, Children, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Ottomans, Prostitutes, Social sphere and everyday life, Thrace, Torture, Turkey, Women

Costumes from the Ottoman capital, with "Armenian" turban, that Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon wore during their trip from Istanbul to Egypt.

Tags: Author portraits, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hans Jacob Breüning, Jean Carlier de Pinon, Portraits, Turkey

Plan of the columns of Yerebatan Cistern.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Basilica Cistern / Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Byzantine monuments, Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Inscriptions from the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Tags: Byzantine monuments, History, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Patriarchate of Constantinople, Thrace, Turkey

The Janissary and the interpreter that accompanied Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon around Istanbul. Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in costumes typical to West European merchants in the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Author portraits, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hans Jacob Breüning, Interpreters and translators, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jean Carlier de Pinon, Portraits, Thrace, Travel, Turkey

Jacob Breuning and his companion Carlier de Pinon in costumes typical to wealthy French merchants of Istanbul.

Tags: Author portraits, Costume - Hats and headwear, Hans Jacob Breüning, Istanbul, Jean Carlier de Pinon, Portraits, Thrace, Travel, Turkey

Map of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Abydos, Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Maps, Sestos, Thrace, Turkey, Views

Map of Greece, Istanbul and the western coast of Asia Minor.

Tags: Greece, Turkey

Map of Bozcaada (Tenedos).

Tags: Bozcaada / Tenedos, Islands, Maps, Turkey

Turkish wrestlers.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Professions, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Wrestlers

Turkish women on their way to the bath (hamam).

Tags: Baths (Hamam), Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Ottomans, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Wealthy and poor Turkish woman in house costumes.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Istanbul, Jewellery, Ottomans, Shoes and footwear, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey, Women

Azamoğlan: young boy of christian origin yet converted into Islam, in the service of the Sultan.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Paidomazoma / Devşirme, Turkey

Ottoman archer in the service of the Sultan.

Tags: Archers, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Military uniforms, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Turkey, Weapons

Janissary in war costume.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Janissaries, Military uniforms, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Professions, Turkey, Weapons

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Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Horses, Human types, Mentally disturbed people, Turkey

Turkish woman on the street.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottomans, Turkey, Women

Ottoman beggar monk.

Tags: Animals, Costume - Hats and headwear, Deer, Ethnic groups, Human types, Monks, Ottomans, Turkey

Portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottomans, Portraits, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Turkey

Ottoman Aga.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Turkey

Dervish.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Dervishes, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ottomans, Religious practices, Turkey

Map of Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Arabian peninsula, Greece, Italy, Maps, Southern Italy, Turkey

Composition of scenes from the rise and fall of Sabbatai Zevi, the rabi who claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews until he was forced to convert to Islam by the Ottoman Sultan (17th century). Sabbatai Zevi claims to be the Messiah. Sabbatai Zevi enthroned by his followers. Ottoman soldiers arrest Sabbatai Zevi in the Dardanelles. From: J. Chr. Wagner, Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente, Augsburg, 1684.

Tags: Abydos, Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, History, Jews, Johann Christoph Wagner, Macedonia, Portraits, Religious practices, Sabbatai Zevi, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thessaloniki, Turkey, Weapons

Women from Shkodër. Man from Edirne. Muslim woman from Thessaloniki. From the popular engraving series Münchener Bilderbogen, Braun-Schneider, Munich, c. 1890.

Tags: Albania, Beauty care, Costume - Hats and headwear, Edirne / Adrianople, Greece, Human types, Macedonia, Shkodër / anc. Scodra, Thessaloniki, Turkey, Women

Muezzin. Women from Izmir and Thessaloniki. From: Giuseppe Antonelli (ed.), Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo, c. 1838-1842.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Asia Minor, Beauty care, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Ionia, Izmir / Smyrna, Macedonia, Mosques, Muezzins, Turkey, Women

The march of the Sultan from the Palace to the mosque on the day of Bayram. Frontispiece of the second volume: The departure of the Sultan from the Palace.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Processions, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Soldiers, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey, Weapons

Map showing part of the eastern Mediterranean.

Tags: Crete, Cyprus, Greece, Holy Land, Maps, Palestine, Turkey

Exorcisms and torture on apostates and fugitives.

Tags: Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Exorcisms, Human types, Ottomans, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Torture, Turkey

Ottomans supervising slaves, taken captive in the war, during agricultural work.

Tags: Agricultural tasks, Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Goats, Horses, Human types, Ottomans, Oxen, Peasants, Professions, Shepherds, Slaves, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Ottomans and slaves taken captive in the war.

Tags: Animals, Captives, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crows, Donkeys, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Human types, Ottomans, Slaves, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

Ottomans slaughtering a lamb in preparation for the Bayram.

Tags: Animals, Bayram, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Human types, Interiors, Lambs, Ottomans, Ramadan, Religious ceremonies, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Circumcision.

Tags: Children, Circumcision, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Healthcare, Human types, Interiors, Mosques, Ottomans, Religious practices, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Scene in Ottoman mosque. On the rite, Ottomans cleansing themselves before entering the mosque. On the left a religious teacher with his disciples.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Fountains / Springs, Human types, Imams, Mosques, Muezzins, Ottomans, Religious leaders, Religious practices, Religious teachers, Social sphere and everyday life, Turkey

Portrait of Ismael, Persian emissary to the court of Suleiman I.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Diplomats, Ethnic groups, Human types, Ishmael, Istanbul, Persians, Portraits, Thrace, Turkey

Portrait of Sultan Suleiman I. Suleimaniye mosque in the background.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Banners and standards, Costume - Hats and headwear, Elephants, Ethnic groups, Inscriptions, Istanbul, Mosque of Suleiman I / Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii), Mosques, Ottomans, Portraits, Quranic inscriptions, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

The Hippodrome of Constantinople: The Serpent column, and the obelisks of Theodosius I and Constantine VII.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Plans and drawings, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey

Fig. 1. View of Mount Ida in the Troad. Fig. 2. View of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Çanakkale, Castles and fortresses, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Houses, Mount Ida / Kazdağı (Turkey), Natural environment, Troad, Turkey, Views

Fig. 1. View of Tenedos (Bozcaada). Fig. 2. View of the Dardanelles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Bozcaada / Tenedos, Çanakkale, Castle of Tenedos (Bozcaada kalesi), Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, Houses, Islands, Ports, Troad, Turkey, Views

Portrait of the Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (ca. 1475-1546).

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Human types, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Portraits, Turkey

Map of Istanbul, (Gennadius Library).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Galata, Galata tower (Galata kulesi), Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Istanbul, Maps, Monastery of Stoudios (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey, Walls

Portrait of Sultan Suleiman I.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Human types, Istanbul, Portraits, Suleiman I (I. Süleyman), Sultans, Turkey

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