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Illustration of Ottomans from

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

Plate 20

İç AğalarıCüceEnderun Dilsizi
Enderoun Houmayoun Itch-Aghalar Djudjé Enderoun Houmayoun Dilcisi
Pages de l'intérieur du Palais Nain du Plais Muet du Palais (Page)
Pages in the Palace Palace Dwarf Palace Mute (Page)



Iç Ağa (aka Enderun Ağa): 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

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

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