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Illustrations of Ottomans circa 1790 in

Costumes Turcs
Haseki bostancı

Haseki bostancı in 'Costumes Turcs'. Diez Album. British Museum.

Image source: Osmanlı kıyafet albümleri (1770-1810) by Nurdan Küçükhasköylü
Chasseki-Bostangi en habit de cérémonie.

Painting (watercolour). Folio 32 from an album showing Turkish costume. Haseki bostancı, a sergeant-at-arms of the Imperial Guard. Red cap (barata). Wearing a sword and holding a staff (asa). Kaftan tucked into his belt in front. Red şalvar.

Compare:

30 Hassequi en habit ordinaire formant la garde rapprochée du grand seigneur
Haseki (privileged/favourite) in ordinary dress forming the close guard of the great lord
in: Monnier's album: Costumes Orientaux, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ms 65

Compare:

33 Kasseki aga, chef des [kassekis] qui forment la garde la plus proche du [Grand Seigneur]
Hasekisi Ağa, chief of the Bostancı who form the guard closest to the Great Lord
in: Dessins originaux de costumes turcs, BnF 4-OD-23

British Museum. Registration number: 1974,0617,0.12.1.32
Previously owned by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez

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