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Iç Ağa (aka Enderun Ağa)

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Costumes Orientaux
Recueil de costumes et vêtements de l'Empire ottoman au 18e siècle
Collection of costumes and clothing of the Ottoman Empire in the 18th century
Owned by Joseph Gabriel Monnier

Khas odalu : un des quarante pages de la chambre particulière du grand seigneur, le sultan
one of the forty pages of the private chamber of the great lord, the sultan

The Has Oda (arabic Khāṣṣ) was the Privy Chamber. It had 39 Royal Pages, every sultan was the fortieth member. The Royal Pages served the sultan himself personally in immediate attendance as his sword bearer, cup bearer, attendants of his hair and beard, his nails, his wardrobe, the caretaker of his bedchamber – one out of the top thirty nine assigned for every part of the sultan’s body, clothing, and personal items.
Source: Understanding Patrimonial Resilience: Lessons from the Ottoman Empire by Tolga Kobas