Arnaut soldier, Ottoman Empire
An Arnaut Soldier, viewed from the rear, with a musket slung over his shoulder. He carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem in his right hand. Arnauts in modern Turkey are people of Albanian descent. Historically in the Ottoman Empire, the word often referred to mercenary soldiers from Albania or from the surrounding mountainous region
Picture No
10511865
Media ID
46043206
Size
3514px x 5079px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Kings College London
Source
Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt by William Wittman d. 1815
Date
1803
