Ottoman Collection (#3)

Manavgat - boatmen
Manavgat is a town and district of the Antalya Province of Turkey famous for its waterfall. Located between Taurus Mountains to the north and the sandy beaches of the Mediterranean coast

Mehmed Ii / Ottoman / Thevet
MEHMED II called FATIH (The Conqueror) Ottoman Sultan (1444-46, 1451-81) - considered the true founder of the Ottoman Empire

Suleiman the Magnificent

Enver Pasha taking to Lieutenant Colonel Tyrrell 1913
Enver Pasha taking to Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Tyrrell, head of the British military in Istanbul. Date: 24 January 1913

The Imperial Guard, Mameluk, early 19th century (coloured engraving)
CHT200409 The Imperial Guard, Mameluk, early 19th century (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Musee de l Armee, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

The Siege of Silistria, (1854), 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Silistria, 1854, (1890). The Siege of Silistra took place during the Crimean War when Russian forces besieged the Ottoman fortress of Silistra

The Pera and Galata Districts of Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910

Bursa, Turkey - Mudanya Date: 1898

Turkey - Kars - 10th century Armenian Church and Kars Canal
The 10th century Armenian Church of the Holy Apostles and Minaret at Kars, Turkey viewed fom the Castle/Citadel Mount. Originally an Armenian capital

Istanbul, Turkey - Castle of Yoros at Anadolu Kavagi Date: circa 1922

The pocket-pistol - equipped for Balaclava. A soldier handing a pistol(?) to a mounted soldier as another soldier looks on. Date 1855

Equestrian Competition at Sinj, Croatia
The anniversary of the last victory over the Ottoman army in 1715 is celebrated yearly in the beginning of August by Sinjska alka

Istanbul, Turkey - Galata Ferryboats - Golden Horn
Ferryboats and boatmen moored close to the Bridge and Quay at Galata, Constantinople, Turkey, ready to provide transport across the Golden Horn. Date: circa 1920s

Istanbul, Turkey - Yoros Castle and Anadolu Kavagi
Istanbul, Turkey - Yoros Castle and the village of Anadolu Kavagi. Date: circa 1922

Antioch (Antakya), Turkey
Antioch - Antakya (Turkish) - on the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. Founded in the 4th century BC, eventually rivalling Alexandria as the greatest Near Eastern City

Venice, as a retired Turkish Admiral saw it in the early sixteenth ceuntry: a miniature from Piri Reiss geographical work on the Mediterranean; showing an arsenal with galleys building; the lagoon;

Cigogna manuscript (1671), Merchants in a bazaar

Colonel Adye & Captain Whitmore. Colonel Adye and Captain Whitmore, one man mounted, the other standing by horse, full-length portrait, facing front. Date 1855. Colonel Adye & Captain Whitmore

Captain Halford. Captain Halford, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. Date 1855

Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell GCB. Sir Colin Campbell, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, seated, facing left, holding sword. Date 1855

Lieutenant Grills, RHA. Lieutenant Grills, full-length portrait, wearing uniform, standing next to horse. Date 1855

Camp of the 4th Light Dragoons - soldiers quarters. Military camp showing men, huts, and horses. Date 1855

Colonel Doherty, officers & men of the 13th Light Dragoons. Group of men of the 13th Light Dragoons, including Colonel Doherty, Cornet Danzil Chamberlayne, Captain Jenyns

Captain Portal, 4th Light Dragoons equipped for Balaklava. Robert Portal, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to horse with two other unidentified men who are looking away from

Tabithas Well, Jaffa, Israel
Tabithas Well (Sabil Abu Nabbut), a public fountain in Jaffa, Israel, constructed during the Ottoman era in Palestine. Its main purpose was to provide water during the journey between Jaffa

Ottoman Railway Company Locomotive

Izmir, Turkey
A panoramic view looking over the rooftops of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey from the ruined citadel

Turkish Beauty and Crescent Moon
Turkish beauty with flowers in her hair, merged into a backdrop of a misty crescent moon

Woman and Turkish Flags
A veiled oriental beauty with pretty eyes set in a frame beneath two Turkish flags - patriotic postcard

Turkish Women and Flag
Patriotic postcard with four veiled women set in window shapes, and a sabre hanging from the Crescent Moon Date: circa 1912

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey - Investiture Card
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918). Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death in 1918, Mehmed - original name Mehmed Resad - spent much of his life in seclusion until

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - General View
General View of Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Ottoman Empire Views (2 / 5)
Cabinet de Toilet in an Arab Bath house

Ottoman Wars / Vienna
John III Sobieski, king of Poland, attacks the Turkish army under Kara Mustapha Pashs besieging Vienna, and though outnumbered 2 to 1 routs it and saves the city

Second Siege of Vienna by the Turks, 1683 (engraving)
8625797 Second Siege of Vienna by the Turks, 1683 (engraving) by Geiger, Peter Johann Nepomuk (1805-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: Second Siege of Vienna by the Turks, 1683)

Death of Koprulu Fazil Mustafa Pasha at The Battle of Slankamenin 1691, after the painting by John Harris Valda
3533914 Death of Koprulu Fazil Mustafa Pasha at The Battle of Slankamenin 1691, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942), from Hutchinson's History of the Nations

John Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna, 1683, from Hutchinson's History of the Nations, pub.1915
3533985 John Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna, 1683, from Hutchinson's History of the Nations, pub.1915; (add.info.: John Sobieski at the Battle of Vienna, 1683)

The siege and fall of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942)
3533913 The siege and fall of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, after the painting by John Harris Valda (1874-1942), from Hutchinson's History of the Nations

Dragut Reis, the famous Barbary corsair, prepares to board an enemy vessel in search of loot
7339197 Dragut Reis, the famous Barbary corsair, prepares to board an enemy vessel in search of loot, mid 19th century (coloured engraving) by Debelle, Alexandre (1805-97); National Maritime Museum

Map of the Ottoman Empire before 1453. (print)
7420051 Map of the Ottoman Empire before 1453. (print); (add.info.: Map of the Ottoman Empire before 1453. From the book Outline of History by H.G. Wells, published 1920.); Photo © Ken Welsh

Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework
5304636 Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework.; (add.info.: Ottoman, tilework Chimneypiece; from Turkey, probably Istanbul. Dated 1731)

Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework
5304635 Ottoman chimneypiece with decorative tilework.; (add.info.: Ottoman, tilework Chimneypiece; from Turkey, probably Istanbul. Dated 1731)

The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827, 1828 (oil on canvas)
7337716 The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827, 1828 (oil on canvas) by Luny, Thomas (1759-1837); 40.6x52.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Siege of Malta: The Flight of the Turks on September 13, 1565, late 16th century (oil on canvas)
MMM5457817 Siege of Malta: The Flight of the Turks on September 13, 1565, late 16th century (oil on canvas); National Maritime Museum, London

Selim III. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. (print)
7419918 Selim III. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. (print); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

The Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571
7177121 The Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571.; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571, when the fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic States)

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