Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Kassas
Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Chassas ou executeur du Capoudan Pacha.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 107 from an album showing Turkish costume. Kassas, the executioneer for the Kapudan Paşa. Wearing an orange kaftan with long cuffs, a pink blouse with lace fastening, wide blue trousers to below the knee, high red boots. He is wearing two pistols in his kuşak, and a pouch. Holding a staff in his right hand and a sword in a scabbard in the left.
Compare: 64 Ravas : bourreau qui accompagne le Vizir executioner who accompanies the Vizier in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65 |
