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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 31. Rikâb Solak
Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Rickiab-Solack
Painting (watercolour). Folio 31 from an album showing Turkish costume. Rikâb Solak, the stirrup-holder and one of theh solak bodyguards. Wearing the huge plume (süpürge sorguçlu), which was a feature of the solaks' head-dresses, and a stiff black aigrette on the white pointed cap (kuka) which has a gold brim, Orange kaftan with long flaps, tucked into his kuşak. Red şalvar.
Compare:
34 Rikiap sobaï : l'homme chargé de marcher à côté du cheval du sultan
the man in charge of walking beside the sultan's horse
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65
