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Ottoman Articles and Illustrations of Soldiers

Illustrations of Turkmen of Anatolia from Iskandar-namah (The Book of Alexander the Great), 1416
Renaissance Turks by George Gush
Article on the Battle of Ankara by Altar Modelling
The Corps of The Janizaries, by Arthur Leon Horniker

Illustrations of Ottoman soldiers from the Süleymanname:
   Suleiman the Magnificent's Culus Ceremony
   Rounding up captives at the siege of Rhodes, 1521
   Sultan Suleiman during the Siege of Rhodes, 1522
   Sultan Suleiman during the Battle of Mohacs, 1526
   Single Combat at the battle of Mohacs, 1526
   Kalender Çelebi's Rebellion, Karaçayir, 1527
   Execution of Prisoners, Belgrade
   Janissary Recruitment in the Balkans
   The Akinci leader Turhan Bey brings an opponent of high rank down with a lasso
   Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent receives Barbarossa, 1533
   Akinci or Deli with lance and sword, fur hat and Animal Skin, 1540
   Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent during the Siege of Estolnibelgrad in Hungary, 1543
   Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent during the campaign on Nachivan in the South Caucasus, 1554
   Suleiman the Magnificent receives a Persian Ambassador
   Suleiman the Magnificent giving audience

Battle of Mohacs, 1526 - Turkish miniature, currently on display at the Castle of Szigetvar, Hungary.
Suleiman at Qasr-i Shirin in Mesopotamia.
Attack on Szigetvár, 1566 - Tatars in the foreground as the vanguard.
Suleiman the Magnificent, taken ill during the Szigetvár Campaign, 1566
The Funeral of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, 1566

Illustrations of Ottoman soldiers from the Hünernâme of 1588 by Lokman:
   Bayezid I, "The Thunderbolt," Routs the Crusaders at the Battle of Nicopolis, 1396
   Suleiman the Magnificent hunting with Foreign Envoys
   Siege of Belgrade, 1521
   Entry Into Moldova, 1524
   Forces of Suleyman Besieging a Christian Fortress, 1524
   Cavalry units participating in the Battle of Mohacs, 1526
   Suleiman the Magnificent and the Battle of Mohacs, 1526
   Buda Castle Conquest, 1526
   Siege of Vienna by Suleyman I the Magnificent, 1529
   Murad III at target shooting with arrows, 1584

Sultan Selim - riding between Kutahya and Belgrade, en route to join the Imperial Army

Sehname-i Selim Han, by Seyyid Lokman, 1581
   The Ottoman Army Marching On The City Of Tunis in 1569
   Murder of Ma'sum Beg, the envoy of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, by Beduin in the Hijaz.

Illustrations of Ottoman soldiers from the Nusretname:
   Departure from the palace of the army for the war, 1578
   Lala Mustafa Pasha in camp after his Victory at Kars, 1578
   The Ottoman Army at Tiflis, 1578
   Banquet given by Lala Mustafa Pasha to the Jannissaries in Izmit

Illustrations of Ottoman soldiers from the Shahin-Shah-nama or Sehinsehname, by Seyyid Lokman, 1595-97:
   Sultan Murad III's Expedition to Revan
   Occupation of Erevan
   Sultan Murad III, upon the walls of Istanbul, anticipates the arrival of the Safavids
   Osman Pasa and Ja'far Pasa, Ottoman governor of Shirvan, in battle against the Cossacks
   Episode from the circumcision ceremonies of the future Mehmed III, in 1582 - a firework display.
   The departure of the prince's party from the Eski Saray, to the Hippodrome.

Illustrations of Ottoman soldiers from the Siyer-i Nebi (Life of the Prophet), 1595:
   The Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim Army at the Battle of Uhud, portrayed as Ottoman soldiers of 1595
   Hamza ibn Abdul Mutallib committed to Islam
   Muhammad and His Army March Against the Meccan
   Muhammad sending waves of horsemen into combat at the Battle of Badr

Mehmed III's Campaign in Hungary, including the Battle of Hacova (Keresztes) in Hungary, 1596

The Tarjumah-i Shahnamah (Translation of Firdawsi's Shahnamah into Turkish by Sharif Amidi). Copied by Darvish 'Abdi, 1616-1620AD
   The soldiers of Afrâsiyâb battle the Iranians for the first time
   Isfandiyar lifts Kuhram, one of Arjasp's captains, above his head by his waistband

Sehname-i Nadiri, 1620s

Portraits Of Sultans
Another Set of Portraits Of Sultans
The Janissaries Use Of Volley Fire During The Long Ottoman-Habsburg War Of 1593-1606 And The Problem Of Origins by Günhan Börekçi
Ottoman Orders of Battle - late 17th-early 18th centuries
Surname-i Vehbi, festival 1720

Illustrations made by or for Western Europeans:
William Caoursin's The Siege of Rhodes, 1496
Costumes anciens et modernes: habiti antichi e moderni di tutto il mondo by Cesare Vecellio (ca. 1521-1601)
Illustrations of Soldiers from Nicolas de Nicolay's Peregrinations faites en Turquie, 1577
A Meeting With A Madcap Text by I. Fletcher, Figure of Deli by H. Poulten
Ottoman Military Illustrations from Hans Weigel's Habitus Praecipuorum Populorum (Trachtenbuch), 1577
Ottoman Soldiers from contemporary European Illustrations by Melchior Lorck, 1570-83
I Turchi. Codex Vindobonensis 8626 of Bartolemeo von Pezzen, 1586 to 1591
Ottoman Military Illustrations from Peter Mundy's Album, A briefe relation of the Turckes, 1618
Ottoman Military Illustrations from Hans Sloan's 'The Habits of the Grand Signor's Court', c.1620
Ottoman Military Illustrations from the Ralamb Costume Book, 1657
The present state of the Ottoman Empire by Sir Paul Rycaut, 1667
Ottoman Military Prints made by Henri II Bonnart 1678-1711
Ottoman Military Prints after Caspar Luyken from Abraham a Sancta Clara's Neu-eröffnete Welt-Galleria, 1703
Paintings of Ottomans by Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, made 1699-1737
Prints of Ottomans after Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, c.1708
Der Kern Turkischer Geschichte (The core of Turkish history), 1739
Galanterieen der Türken (Gallantries of the Turks) by Christian Wilhelm Kindleben, 1783
Coloured Illustrations of Ottoman Soldiers dated 1805
Illustrations by Octavien d'Alvimart, in Miller's Costume of Turkey, 1802
Ottomans in the Augsburger Bilder, 1802-1810
Illustrations by Octavien d'Alvimart, engraved F.H. Clark, in McLean's The Military Costume of Turkey, 1813
Illustrations of Ottomans by Jean Brindisi, 1855
Ottoman Soldiers from other European Illustrations


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