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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 122. Irregular cavalryman


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Deli.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 122 from an album showing Turkish costume. Irregular cavalryman. Wearing a blue cloak which has long flaps, green kaftan, wide red kuşak with a dagger, attached to a chain, tucked into it. Red ankle-length trousers and a tall black astrakhan hat. A single silver fastener on the cloak.

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112 Combaradgi : bombardier
mortar gunner
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

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34 Déli bachi, chef des délis, espèce de cavalerie du [Grand Seigneur]
Deli Başı, leader of the delis, a kind of light cavalry of the Great Lord
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.122
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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