Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Nakıbüleşraf

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Nakibul - Escherif, chef des Emirs.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 70 from an album showing Turkish costume. Nakıbüleşraf, chief of the Seyyids or descendants of the Prophet. Green kaftan with brown fur lining and edging and a green turban.

Compare: 69 Nakib échéref effendi : chefs des émirs chief of the emirs in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare: 21 [Nakib al Achraf], chef des [chérifs, descendants] de Mahomet Nakib al Achraf, chief of sheriffs, descendants of Muhammad in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.70
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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