Try Amazon Audible Premium Plus and Get Up to Two Free Audiobooks
Join Amazon Prime - Watch Thousands of Movies & TV Shows Anytime - Start Free Trial Now
THE
COSTUME OF TURKEY,
ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF
ENGRAVINGS;
WITH
DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Plate III
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND SIGNIOR.
Click for a larger image.
Previous Next
Officers of the Grand Signior.
THESE officers, who are in their dress of ceremony which consists of rich silks. trimmed and lined with valuable furs, and with a singular crested plume on their heads, are called Capidji Bachi, and are for the private service of the Sultan. To them is attached the honour of carrying the bow-string, when the monarch orders them ; and their appearance, therefore, with that instrument in their hands, is dreaded by all.
Back to Illustrations after d'Alvimart in The Costume Of Turkey
See a Sournadgi bachi : Grand Officier des Janissaires Grand Officer of the Janissaries in Monnier's album Costumes Orientaux (Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle), 1786
Other Illustrations of Ottoman Janissaries (Janizary, Yeniceri)
