Mosques (704 Subjects)
Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.
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.
Hagia Sophia, Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I (Blue Mosque) and Laleli Mosque, Istanbul.
Parade of horses in the Sultans's honour, in the Second Court of Topkapi Palace, on the eve of the Bayram.
Panoramic view of Mecca. On the foreground, the Mosque of Mecca (Al-Masjid al-Haram) and the Holy Rock of Kaaba.
A caravan departs from Istanbul to the Holy Mosque of Mecca during the Ramadan, with sacred camels and gifts from the Sultan.
View of Medina in Saudi Arabia, with Al-Nabawi Mosque.
Greek women dancing in Istanbul.
A bazaar in Corinth.
Memorial service on Saturday of the Souls, Athens.
View of the plain of Eurotas. View of Mystras.
View of Ancient Corinth with Acrocorinth in the background.
View of Ancient Corinth with Acrocorinth.
View of Athens from the Academy of Plato. The Acropolis and the temple of Hephaeustus (left) in the background.
View of Chalcis, Euboea.
Landscape at Larissa.
The tekije (dervish lodge) of Hassan Baba at the Vale of Tempi, Thessaly.
View of Preveza, Epirus.
Example of a mosque.
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 pigrimage to Mecca.
Sepulchre of Hassan Baba, at the entrance of the Vale of Tempe.
The convergence of Bosporus and the Black Sea seen from Tarabya on the European coast of the Bosporus. Also shown is the position of Anadolu Kavağı (1) and its quay (4), Yoros Castel or Genoese Castle (2) and the structures added to the castle by the Ottomans (3), the Castle of Sultan Murad IV (5) and finally the European coast of the Bosporus.
Gül Mosque in Istanbul, often said to be situated on the site of the Byzantine Monastery of Saint Theodosia; however, to date the location of the latter remains unverified.
View of the mosque of Suleiman I in Istanbul.
View of New Mosque in Istanbul.
The mosque of Mehmed II (Fatih mosque), Istanbul.
The Mosque of Selim I, Istanbul.
Nuruosmaniye mosque, Istanbul.
Ottoman soldier wearing the uniform established after the reforms of the early 19th century.
Turkish man from Asia Minor.