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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 127. Gedıklı Ağa


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Tedikli-Aga, à la guerre, espèce de serviteur d'un Pacha à trois queues.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 127 from an album showing Turkish costume. The Gedıklı Ağa was an officer in the service of a Paşa of three horsetails (tug). Orange cloak, green jerkin, mauve blouse with a black design. Green kuşak with two pistols and an ammunition pouch. Wide blue knee breeches. Kâtibî kavuk with the large green cap.

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.127
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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