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Illustration of Ottomans from Turkish Postcards from the 1950s of

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

Plate 22

İç Oglan ÇavuşlarıZülüflü BaltacıEski Saray BaltacısıMüezzin
Itch-Oghlan Tchaouch Zuluflu Baltadji Eski Saraï Baltadji Muezzin
Maitres de Cérémonies (en sous-ordre) Eunuque blanc au service du harem Valet du Palais des ex-Sultanes Muezzin
Master of Ceremonies (& lower order) White Eunuch in the Service of the Harem Valet of former Sultan Crier of Prayers



Zülüflü Baltacı: [Blinkered-axeman], domestic to the harem in the new palace
Eski Saray Baltacı: [axeman], domestic in the old palace.


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