History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

📷 Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Soldier in Arab Attire

"13 March 1916. You will not recognize me from this photograph of me taken in Arab attire, as I bear little resemblance to my present self. Naturally, since it is a very old photograph, I am sending a second one as well. And respectfully.."

📜 An Imperial Decree Ordering That No Obstruction Be Made to the Striking of the Wooden Board Used to Call the People to #Church in the Village of Mezopoli, District of Monastir (Bitola, Macedonia), 29 January 1839.

📷 Portrait of an Ottoman Officer on Horseback, 1890s

🏛️ Süleyman Hilmi

🏛️ An Ottoman Astrolabic Quadrant, 1868

📷 Ernest de Caranza

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📷 Arnavutköy, Istanbul, 1852

📜 From Old Books, 17th Century

“You are alone amidst beauty, I am alone in the midst of the city. Come, let us be together; for you are alone, and I am alone.”

✏️ The Town of Pazarcık (Dobrich, Bulgaria), 1828

📷 Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Soldier in Arab Attire

"13 March 1916. You will not recognize me from this photograph of me taken in Arab attire, as I bear little resemblance to my present self. Naturally, since it is a very old photograph, I am sending a second one as well. And respectfully.."

Of course, the matter could have been settled locally. But the Empire had tens of thousands of villages. Different problems could arise in different places, and different solutions could be tried. Most likely, someone from that village sent a letter of complaint to the Sultan in Istanbul.

📜 An Imperial Decree Ordering That No Obstruction Be Made to the Striking of the Wooden Board Used to Call the People to #Church in the Village of Mezopoli, District of Monastir (Bitola, Macedonia), 29 January 1839.

🏛️ Süleyman Hilmi

🏛️ An Ottoman Astrolabic Quadrant, 1868

📷 Portrait of an Ottoman Officer on Horseback, 1890s

📷 Ernest de Caranza

Colored by AI

📷 Arnavutköy, Istanbul, 1852

📜 From Old Books, 17th Century

“You are alone amidst beauty, I am alone in the midst of the city. Come, let us be together; for you are alone, and I am alone.”

✏️ The Town of Pazarcık (Dobrich, Bulgaria), 1828

📷 Portrait of an Ottoman Man of African Origin, Istanbul, 1870s

🧵 An Ottoman Talismanic Shirt, 1900s

📷 Christian and Muslim Gentlemen on a Promenade in Adapazarı (Northwestern Anatolia), 1916

🏛️ An Ottoman Little Girl’s #Gravestone, Azize Hanım, 30 April 1912

“You were the joy of my heart; too swiftly you flew away.
To my longing eyes, your fresh image alone remains.
Surely you are now with the angels, my beloved daughter.
To your mother, in this realm of separation, sorrow remains.”

Sory, i have no info..

🏛️ An Ottoman Little Girl’s #Gravestone, Azize Hanım, 30 April 1912

“You were the joy of my heart; too swiftly you flew away.
To my longing eyes, your fresh image alone remains.
Surely you are now with the angels, my beloved daughter.
To your mother, in this realm of separation, sorrow remains.”

📷 Christian and Muslim Gentlemen on a Promenade in Adapazarı (Northwestern Anatolia), 1916

🙂 No.. We say AfroTurk.. During the Ottoman period, they mostly lived in western Anatolia and Istanbul.

🧵 An Ottoman Talismanic Shirt, 1900s

📷 Portrait of an Ottoman Man of African Origin, Istanbul, 1870s

🎨 Germain Fabius Brest

🎨 Women’s Promenade, Afternoon on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1850s

📜 From Old Books, 19th Century

“I wrote my book in beautiful writing
In a short day and a long night.
One day when I die a lonely death,
My book will be sold for a small price”

🎨 Germain Fabius Brest

🎨 Women’s Promenade, Afternoon on the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1850s

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📷 A Group Keepsake Photograph from the Wedding of a Calligrapher, Istanbul, c. 1920