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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Vol. I Folio 98. Sakka

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Saka, ou porteur d'eau.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 98 from an album showing Turkish costume. Sakka, a water carrier. Wearing a brown and red (leather?) tunic, which has upturned ends, similar to a carrying yoke, on the shoulders, green blouse, broad belt, bare legs, wide brown knee breeches and a very large brown turban wound in wide folds round a red cap. A whip with several thongs is tucked in his belt.

Compare: 99 Jenisseri saka : officier subalterne, porteur d'eau des janissaires junior officer, water carrier of the Janissaries in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare: 46 Saka, porteur d'eau des Janissaires Saka, water carrier of the Janissaries in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23