Ak Ağa (aka Bâbü’s-saâde Ağası & Kapı Ağası)

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Costumes Orientaux
Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle
Collection of costumes and clothing of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century
Owned by Joseph Gabriel Monnier

022 Ak Ağa (aka Bâbü’s-saâde Ağası & Kapı Ağası)

Ak agha : chef des eunuques blancs lesquels n'entrent point chez les femmes du grand seigneur
chief of the white eunuchs who do not enter the place of the wives of the great lord

The Gate of Felicity (Bab-üs Saâdet) is the entrance into the third court, the Enderûn.
Source: Understanding Patrimonial Resilience: Lessons from the Ottoman Empire by Tolga Kobas

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32 Eunuque blanc
Ak Ağa, White eunuch
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

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Ak Ağa (aka Bâbü’s-saâde Ağası & Kapı Ağası)

Costumes Orientaux Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle Collection of costumes and clothing of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century Owned by Joseph Gabriel Monnier

Costumes Orientaux
Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle
Collection of costumes and clothing of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century
Owned by Joseph Gabriel Monnier