Thrace (1855 Subjects)
A servant and an escort to the Grand Vizier.
A Spahi, member of the Ottoman cavalry corps. A Deli, member of the light cavalry.
The Minister of the Exterior (Reis Efendi). A Dragoman of the imperial palace.
The Chavush Bashi, head of the ushers of the Imperial palace. An usher of the Imperial palace.
A lower-ranking officer of the Janissary corps. A Janissary in ceremonial dress.
Ast-chi, a cook. Ast-chi bashi, head cook of the Janissary corps.
Lower-ranking officers carry the pot containing the Janissaries' meal. A Kasik-dar or Çorpaci, Captain of the Janissaries.
An officer of the Janissaries. The head of the lower-ranking officers (Bas- Chavus).
A Topchi, soldier of the artillery corps, dressed in the costume established in the late 18th century, after the Nizam-ı Cedid reform. A soldier of the Ottoman army, in similar dress.
A porter. A water seller.
Frontispiece to the fifth volume of the edition. A scene in a public bath (hamam) of Istanbul.
A Mufti reading prayers at a Sultan's sarcophagus (türbe).
The head of the Ulemas, scholars of Islamic Law and other disciplines. The Kadi, head of the judges of Istanbul (Istanbul Kadişi).
Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order.
A Turkish woman of Istanbul in promenade costume. A Turkish woman from the ottoman provinces in promenade costume.
1. Turkish woman from Istanbul in promenade costume. 2, 3. Greek women of Istanbul in promenade costume.
Jewish man from the Ottoman Empire. Armenian man from the Ottoman Empire.
Woman from Symi island. Woman from Pera, Istanbul.
Dairy merchant. Greengrocer.
Ottomans enjoying a meal.
Fishing camp in Istanbul.
Map of Marmara sea.
Map of Istanbul and surrounding area.
The castles of Europe and Asia The Rumelian (1) and the Anatolian (2) castle, on the European and the Asian coast of the Bosporus. 3. The location of Sweet Waters of Asia.
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.
The Obelisk of Theodosius I (on the left) , and the Serpentine Column, from the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, at the Byzantine Hippodrome of Istanbul.
View of Basilica Cistern in Istanbul.
The Porphyrite Column at the Forum of Constantine, today Cemperlitas Square, Istanbul.
The column of Marcian in Istanbul.