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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 67. Müfti


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Mufti.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 67 from an album showing Turkish costume. Müfti. Official interpreter of the sacred law of Islam. Wearing a white kaftan with very wide sleeves and brown fur lining and edging. Very large white round turban. Holding an open book (Kuran?) with a red binding.

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67 Muphti : chef de la loi musulmane
head of muslim law
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

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07 Mufti ou [Sheikh ul-Islam], est le chef de la loi ou le [grand] pontif musulman
Mufti or Sheikh ul-Islam, is the head of the law or the great Muslim pontiff
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.67
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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