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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 129. Sarıca, a class of irregular militia


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Sirgli, soldat à cheval en barnaché de fer.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 129 from an album showing Turkish costume. Sarıca, a class of irregular militia. Cavalryman clothed in armour and wearing a short-sleeved chainmail hauberk and also leg protectors. Round helmet with curtains, nasal and plume-holder. Vambraces. Spear, Wide blue knee breeches.

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.129
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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