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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 123. Tüfekçi başı


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Dufektchi-Bachi.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 123 from an album showing Turkish costume. Tüfekçi başı, an infantry officer and commander of a Palace guard. Cerise kaftan with long cuff and a brown fur collar and lining. Brown turban with a red cloth attached to the back and strings hanging from it.

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.123
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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