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The palace of Hatice Sultan (sister of the Sultan Selim III) at Defterdarburnu, on the western shores of Bosporus. Hatice Sultan entrusted A. I. Melling with designing the palace.
Women of the Sultan's harem on their promenade, chaperoned by Kislar Aga, head of the eunuchs of the Imperial Palace.
Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.