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Janizar Agasi or generall of the Janizaries

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Title
Janizar Agasi or generall of the Janizaries
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Costume -- 1600s -- Turkish

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1667
Topics
Clothing & dress -- Turkey -- 1600-1699
Headgear -- 1600-1699
Turks -- Clothing & dress -- 1600-1699
Men -- Clothing & dress -- Turkey -- 1600-1699
horseback riding -- 1600-1699
Military officers -- Turkish -- 1600-1699
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "The general of this militia is called Janizar Agasi, and is always elected from the Royal Chamber of the Seraglio; because it being an office of great charge, it is thought necessary to be entrusted to one whose education and preferment hath made a creature of the court …" Wrinkles and spots on image.
Source note: The present state of the Ottoman Empire : containing the maxims of the Turkish politie, the most material points of the Mahometan religion. Printed for John Starkey Henry Brome, 1667) Rycaut, Paul, Sir (1628-1700), Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 23 x 13 cm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17119633
Barcode: 33333159195573
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3dfc89d0-c540-012f-aae1-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1667: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "Janizar Agasi or generall of the Janizaries" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1667. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-e01c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. "Janizar Agasi or generall of the Janizaries" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-e01c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1667). Janizar Agasi or generall of the Janizaries Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-e01c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Janizar Agasi or generall of the Janizaries