Dervise or Dervish dancing

Dervise or Dervish dancing. Sufi Dervish of the Mevlevi or Mewlewy order performing the whirling dance during a Sema ceremony. He wears a tall felt hat, short jacket and wide skirts. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Octavian Dalvimart from William Alexander's translation of Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks, Thomas M'Lean, London, 1814

Buckle Dervish Felt Hat Georgian Era Octavian Dalvimart Ottoman Empire Regency Era Sufi Thomas Mlean William Alexander

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