Inferior officer in the Janissaries, Ottoman Empire

Inferior officer in the Janissaries, infantry of the Ottoman Empire. The uniform comprises large turban, blue loose trousers, red slippers. Coat and girdle colours varied with regiment or odah. 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

Georgian Era Girdle Janissaries Military Uniform Octavian Dalvimart Ottoman Empire Regency Era Thomas Mlean William Alexander

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