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Landscape at Garitsa, outside the northern walls of Corfu. According to tradition, this was the location of the gardens of king Alcinous.

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Interpreter of the Sultan's palace.

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A servant to the Grand Vizier.

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A Spahi, member of the cavalry.

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Kislar Aga, head of the black eunuchs of the imperial palace.

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Servant to the Sultan.

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Musician of the imperial palace.

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The head of the Ulemas, scholars of Islamic Law and other disciplines.

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Kapıcıbaşı, Bashi, head of ceremonies in the Sultan's palace.

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High-ranking officials of the Ottoman empire.

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Pastry confectioner of the Sultan's palace (Helvaci).

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Janissary in ceremonial costume (left). Janissary in everyday costume (right).

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Ottoman soldier in early 19th century costume.

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Lower-ranking officer of the Janissary corps.

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Silahdar Aga, sword bearer to the Sultan.

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A Kapıcı, servant in the Sultan's palace.

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Woman of Symi island.

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Armenian from the Ottoman empire.

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Woman of Naxos island.

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Wonan from Egypt.

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Arab man from Syria.

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Reis Efendi, minister of the Exterior.

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A mufti.

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Wandering dervish.

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Mount Olympus.

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A scene from Marcian's military campaign. The eagle is a symbol of the emperor's coronation (Marcian was the first Byzantine emperor to be crowned by the Patriarch) and of the Orthodox believers's victory over Monophysitism (Council of Chalcedon).

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A shipwreck off Istanbul.

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Basil I dies falling off his horse during a hunting expedition.

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The Parthenon seen from the Propylaea.

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A servant to the Sultan. The turban-bearer to the Sultan (Dulbendar Aga).

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