Depicting Ottoman fashion apparel

Niki GAMM

Two running attendants, Grand Vizier, Superintendent of the Ushers, Chief of the halberdier corps painted by Arif Mehmed Paşa.

Ottoman historiography has a history of illustrating books, not the chronicles but rather volumes that were dedicated to special occasions, such as weddings and circumcision festivities. While costumes were portrayed with some accuracy, the idea of just depicting the different types of clothing worn by Ottoman officials does not seem to have occurred to anyone, perhaps because Islamic tradition holds the human figure should not be portrayed.

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