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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 88. Oda başı


Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Oda bachi des Jannissaires en habit ordinaire.
Painting (watercolour). Folio 88 from an album showing Turkish costume. Oda başı, janitor [commander] of the barracks, a corporal [2nd in command of an orta] of the janissaries. Wearing a dark blue kaftan, red-striped blouse, red kuşak, wide blue trousers and high red boots. His tall white turban has a flat red top.

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91 Oda bachi : Capitaine des Janissaires
Captain of the Janissaries
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

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44 Oda bachi, chef de chambrée des Janissaires
Oda Başı, head of the Janissaries' barracks
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.88
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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