Ottoman Imperial Archives

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Ottoman calligraphy art on natural leaf, 1800's

On an Ottoman gravestone, a broken rose was used to symbolize a young (female) child who died in the prime of life.

 

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The following abstract is taken from an advertisement that was circulated throughout the Ottoman Empire just before the opening of the Suleymaniye mosque during the year 1558. The requirements needed in order to be employed as the Imam of the Suleymaniye Mosque during the reign of Sultan Suleiman Han (1520 - 1566) are of the following :

1) To have mastered the languages of Arabic, Latin, Turkish, and Persian.

2) To have mastered the Quran, the Bible, and the Torah.

3) To be a qualified scholar in divine law and jurisprudence.

4) To have qualified in physics and mathematics up to a teaching standard.

5) To have outstanding capabilities in chivalry, archery, duelling, and the arts of warfare and its laws.

6) To be of handsome countenance.

7) To have a strong melodious voice

Reference: Al Ahram newspaper, 22nd September, 1986, Egypt.

Insert: An Ottoman Imam

 

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Ottoman silk case of the key to the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Written in Arabic is: "May Allah love those who love Husayn."

In the cresent it is written: "The Messenger of Allah said: “Husayn is part of me and I am part of him."

Karbala, Ottoman Iraq, 1852

When the Ottoman Sultan would make his way for the Friday congregation prayers, the public would repeatedly state the following during his procession towards the Mosque:

"Do not be proud my Sultan, God is greater!"

 

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An Ottoman Arab man of Adana, 1910's.

Athens, Ottoman Greece, early 1800's.

Lighting lamps in the mosque, Cairo, Ottoman Egypt, 1900.

Eastern entrance of the Umayyad Mosque, Ottoman Damascus, 1900.

Aleppo Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, Ottoman Syria, 1903.

An Ottoman scholar, Egypt, 1890.

Belgrade, Ottoman-era Serbia, c1730.

A Jewish woman, Ottoman Damascus, 1865.

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine, early 1900's.

The coronation ceremony of Emir Faisal as King Faisal I, August 23rd, 1921. The ceremony took place at 6am in the courtyard of an Ottoman-built palace in Baghdad and occurred one year prior to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. To his left is British commanding officer Sir Aylmer Haldane and to his right is his Chief of Protocol, Tahsin Qadri.

 

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Very interesting images from history and was specially interested in the paintings which capture moment from someone's life how they viewed their own city and drew their vintage point.

Just beautiful so much detail and art / life combine

Time travel pic .... very dreamy as feels as if you just woke up by the river and your eyes are giving you a glossy view of city