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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 45. Akağa

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Ak-Aga, Eunuque blanc.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 45 from an album showing Turkish costume. Akağa, the chief white eunuch of the Palace. Green kaftan with wide sleeves, blue kuşak, white robe with single flower design. High white turban (mücevveze). Holding a staff (asa).

Compare: 22 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 in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

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