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Muslim man doing his prayers. Depiction of the sequence of Muslim prayer.

Muslim woman doing her prayers. Depiction of the sequence of Muslim prayer.

Open-air praying site; such sites existed on all big commercial routes in the Ottoman Empire.

View of the central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Muslim children in their circumcision costume. Animals destined to be sacrificed on the day of Kurban Bayram.

Rites of passage in the Muslim cemetery of Eyüp, Istanbul.

Official prayer to celebrate the Birth of Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid) in the presence of the Sultan and other supreme officials, at the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, Istanbul.

Hagia Sophia, Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I (Blue Mosque) and Laleli Mosque, Istanbul.

The public library of Sultan Abdul Hamid I in Istanbul.

The public library of Grand Vizier Recip Paşa in Istanbul.

The tomb of Valide Sultan Turhan Hatice, mother of Mehmed IV at the mosque of Valide Sultan or New Mosque (Yeni Camii) in Eminönü, Istanbul.

The Grand Vizier offers dinner (Ifter) to other Ottoman officials during the Ramadan.

Parade of horses in the Sultans's honour, in the Second Court of Topkapi Palace, on the eve of the Bayram.

Religious ceremony in the Audience Hall of Tokapi Palace on the eve of the Bayram.

Panoramic view of Mecca. On the foreground, the Mosque of Mecca (Al-Masjid al-Haram) and the Holy Rock of Kaaba.

A caravan departs from Istanbul to the Holy Mosque of Mecca during the Ramadan, with sacred camels and gifts from the Sultan.

View of Medina in Saudi Arabia, with Al-Nabawi Mosque.

The private quarters of an Ottoman official.

A Muslim woman of aristocratic descent in winter costume. A Muslim woman of aristocratic descent in spring costume. A Muslim woman of aristocratic descent in summer costume. A slave woman, escort to a Muslim lady.

Muslim women of Turkey in promenade costume. Muslim woman of Egypt in promenade costume. European woman covered with a shawl. European woman wearing a mahrama, embroidered head cover typically used by Muslim women.