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Illustration of Ottomans from

Elbicei Atika. Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, par Jean Brindesi

Plate 14

Cephane KarakullukçusuCephane ÇorbacısıBostancıŞatır
Djébéhané Cara-Coulouktchi Djébéhané Tchorbadjissi Bostandji Chatir
Garde de la Salle des Armes Colonel des Armuriers Garde du Palais Impérial d'Andrinople Coureur
Weapons Room Guard Colonel of the Armorers Guard of the Imperial Palace of Adrianople Courier



Persons who were members of the novice camp were called bag boys or şadi because their names were written in a notebook kept inside the bag. They are dressed in green caftans and with a red belt. They are the messenger soldiers of the Novice Corps, who trained soldiers for the Janissary Corps, and the people who walk as protectors on both sides of the horse that the grand viziers ride on.
Source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü

A version from a set of Turkish postcards made in the 1950s.

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