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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 105. Re'îs, or captain of a battleship

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Riss, ou capitaine d'un Vaisseau de guerre.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 105 from an album showing Turkish costume. Re'îs, or captain of a battleship. wearing a green kaftan which has very long sleeves and which is lined with brown fur. Wide red ankle trousers, a yellow kuşak with a dagger in it, striped robe and a round white turban of narrow strips of cloth wound around a flat red cap.

Compare: 114 Beylick Capoudan : capitaine de vaisseau ship's captain in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65