Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Müezzin

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Iman, en habit ordinaire, quand il crie sur un Minaret.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 73 from an album showing Turkish costume. Müezzin or one who calls to prayer. Wearing a yellow kaftan, wide ankle-length trousers. Standing with his hands raised.

Compare: 73 Muezin effendi : crieur de la mosquée qui monte sur le minaret pour appeler les musulmans à la prière mosque crier who climbs up the minaret to call muslims to prayer in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.73
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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