Social sphere and everyday life (1744 Subjects)
Procession accompanying the Sultan from Topkapi Palace to the mosque.
The Nilometer, square cistern with a marble column, used to measure the levels o the Nile in Egypt.
The author travelling in Egypt on a camel. In the foreground, Arab companions of the author give alimony to a man in need.
Reception of a caravan comprised of officials on a pilgrimage at a convent in Jerusalem.
The interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: a priest distributes the Holy Fire.
Privateers attacking a ship.
The Bey (Ottoman official) of Upper Egypt, enters in Cairo.
Ways in which captives are tortured in Egypt.
The author's ship is attacked by three privateer ship outside Tunis.
Preparation of wine at Rosetta, Egypt.
The fountain at the courtyard of Sinan Pasha mosque in Damascus.
Water cisterns in Kteifa, town at the outskirts of Damascus. According to the author the cisterns provided water to the inn of the city and were also used as water troughs for domestic animals.
Preparation of wine at Aleppo, Syria.
Soldiers and guilds parade during the festivities which customarily took place when an Ottoman prince was born. The author had occasion to watch such a parade during his stay in Aleppo.
The lunar eclipse which the author watched during his stay at Mosul. In the foreground a mullah explains to a Western European, possibly the author himself, the high importance of this phaenomenon to Muslims.
A raft crosses Tigres river at Mosul, Irak.
Game of Persian cricket at a public square in Isfahan, as watched by the author.
Preparation of lime for construction purposes, Persia.
A prisoner is executed by torture on the orders of Shah Abbas in Persia. On the right, a Portuguese merchant turns his head away from the horrendous sight.
Prisoners executed by torture in Persia. On the left, a woman is killed after the executioner has placed a rabid cat under her clothes. At the centre, prisoner tortured with hot irons.
Pearl fishing outside Bahrein at the Persian gulf.
Ruy Freire de Andrade, 17th-century Portuguese naval commander and colonist, throws into a boiling cauldron the new-born baby of a family native to the Persian gulf islands.
Preparation of palm wine, known as tari in Hindi and as tadi to British colonists, out of coconuts.
Celebration at the streets of Visapur, India, for the wedding of the daughter of the local governor.
Local costumes of Agra, India.
Woman bandit on the route from Agra to Delhi.
Carriage typically used by affluent merchants of India.
Celebration of the feast of Huli in Kabul. The feast, a remnant of pagan cults, lasted the two days of the full moon of February. On the second day, the inhabitants of Kabul would gather at the central square and destroy a gigantic effigy made especially for this festivity. The feast closed as a child, symbol of the new-born god, shot his arrows at the giant's heart.
Death of an Indian fakir on the shores of Ganges river.
Acrobats performing on the street at the city of Amer, India.