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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.

Interpreter of the Sultan's palace.

A servant to the Grand Vizier.

A Spahi, member of the cavalry.

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

Servant to the Sultan.

Musician of the imperial palace.

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

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

High-ranking officials of the Ottoman empire.

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

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

Ottoman soldier in early 19th century costume.

Lower-ranking officer of the Janissary corps.

Silahdar Aga, sword bearer to the Sultan.

A Kapıcı, servant in the Sultan's palace.

Woman of Symi island.

Armenian from the Ottoman empire.

Woman of Naxos island.

Wonan from Egypt.

Arab man from Syria.

Reis Efendi, minister of the Exterior.

A mufti.

Wandering dervish.

Mount Olympus.

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).

A shipwreck off Istanbul.

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

The Parthenon seen from the Propylaea.

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

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