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Illustration of Ottomans from

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.


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

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