EditorialMarie-Therese Bourgouin as Roxelane in Les Trois Sultanes by Charles Simon Favart, Theatre Francais, 1803. Based on the story of Hurrem, a Ukrainian girl kidnapped for Suleyman II's harem, but who later became his sole and legal wife. Handcoloured lith...
EditorialDaughters of Suleyman Pasha. Utazási Album ... Pest, 1857. The daughters of Suleyman Pasha in Cairo. Image taken from Utazási Album Originally published/produced in Pest, 1857. . Source: Tab.1237.a., plate XXXII. Language: Hungarian.
EditorialIznik pottery mosque lamp, Ottoman, 1549. Found in Jerusalem in the 19th ct. Underglaze decoration and three bands of inscriptions. The inscription on the base includes the name of the artist " the poor and humbel Musli", the place of product...
EditorialSuleyman II, the Great (1494-1566), conquered Algiers 1519 / 20), Belgrade (1521), Rhodos (1522), Baghdad (1534), Tripolitania (1551) and Transylvania (1562). His bid for Vienna failed in 1529. Suleiman II died during a Hungarian campaign. Inv.156.
EditorialMarie-Therese Bourgouin as Roxelane in Les Trois Sultanes by Charles Simon Favart, Theatre Francais, 1803. Based on the story of Hurrem, a Ukrainian girl kidnapped for Suleyman II's harem, but who later became his sole and legal wife. Handcoloured lith...
EditorialMuhammad hears the crying of a fawn. Life of the Prophet. Ottoman period. Illuminator: Sayyid Suleyman Qasim Pasha. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. Istanbul.
EditorialSuleyman II, the Great (1494-1566), conquered Algiers 1519 / 20), Belgrade (1521), Rhodos (1522), Baghdad (1534), Tripolitania (1551) and Transylvania (1562). His bid for Vienna failed in 1529. Suleiman II died during a Hungarian campaign. Inv.156.
EditorialIznik pottery mosque lamp, Ottoman, 1549. Found in Jerusalem in the 19th ct. Underglaze decoration and three bands of inscriptions. The inscription on the base includes the name of the artist " the poor and humbel Musli", the place of product...
EditorialFooted basin, decorated with leaves and lotus flowers, Ottoman, c1545-c1550. This large basin may have been used for washing the feet of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. An inventory of the Ottoman treasury in 1505 makes mention of 'foot basins': this ...