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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Kapıcılar Kâhyası

Kapisilar Kiahia gassi ou premier Capidgi Bachi

Painting (watercolour). Folio 13 from an album showing Turkish costume. The kapıcılar Kâhyası (or kethüdası). The head of the kapıcıs, or gate-keepers. Wearing the tall white turban (mücevveze) worn by officials, carrying a staff (asa). White and gold kaftan with a sable lining and huge sleeves.

The Gate of Felicity (Bab-üs Saâdet) is the entrance into the third court, the Enderûn.
Source: Understanding Patrimonial Resilience: Lessons from the Ottoman Empire by Tolga Kobas

Compare: 40 Kapoudgilar Ketqudasi : commandant des quarante capoudgis bachis qui sont les grands officiers du sultan commander of the forty capudgis bachis who are officers of the sultan in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare: 26 [Kapigilar] Kiayassi, premier chambellan Kapıcılar Kâhyası (or Kethüdası), first chamberlain in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.13
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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