Soytarı Başı | Bektaşı Devesi | Soytarı | Deli Başı |
Seirdin-Ustasi | Bektachi Emin Baba | Soitari | Deli Bachi |
Chef des Bouffons | Derviche | Bouffon des Volontaires | Chef des cavaliers irréguliers |
Chief of the Buffoons | Dervish | Buffoon of the Volunteers | Chief of irregular cavalry |
Sersop ya da zırzop; soytarı (jester) is a term used in the sense of humorous and is the name of the person in charge of making the sultan laugh in his spare time in the palace. He is depicted in the same way in all of the new period albums. Only in the Pichelstein Album, he is depicted in two different ways, one as a sultan and the other as a Hacivat vagrant.
Source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Compare Seğirdim in État militaire ottoman depuis la fondation de l'Empire jusqu'a nos jours (1882) by A. Djevad Bey, 1851-1900.
The meat belonging to the Janissaries was brought from the slaughterhouses outside the city by privates called seğirdim, distributed and cooked in the hearth. This was supervised by the seğirdim aşçıbaşı, and the cooks under this person were called seğirdim aşçısı.
Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Seğirdim Aşçısı in Fenerci Mehmed Albumu Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi (Topkapi Palace Museum) Ms. Ahmed III 3690