Amazon Audible Gift Memberships
Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in
Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 38. Acemi oğlan
Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Adzem-Oglam.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 38 from an album showing Turkish costume. Acemi oğlan, one of the pages recruited from foreigners who became bostancıs and baltacıs. Elderly grey-haired man wearing a brown sivri külâhi. Orange kaftan and white belt to which a dagger is attached by a cord. 'Love-locks' down each side of the face.