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📷 Souvenir Photo of a #Kurdish Pasha's Sons, 1890

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📷 Acre, Palestine, 1900s

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🙂Thanks..👍

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I have no info, sorry..

History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 15h

📷 Souvenir Photo of a #Kurdish Pasha's Sons, 1890

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 15h

📷 Acre, Palestine, 1900s

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📷 Bulgarian Children in Edirne, c. 1870 (Western Türkiye)

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📷 Karaköy, Istanbul, 1883

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📷 Tripoli, #Libya, c. 1908

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 1d

May be, I don't know. I've never seen anything like that in old photos before..

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🏛️ An Ottoman Gilded Wood Turban Stand (Kavukluk), c. 1800

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📷 Portrait of a Man Wearing Traditional Clothes, Istanbul, 1922

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The original photo above is its black and white version below.. Photographer: Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey 👍

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📷 One of the Oldest Photos of Istanbul, 1843

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📜 From Old Books:

"In the world, the virtuous are trampled underfoot,
while the ignorant rush to teach wisdom and learning."

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📷 A Keepsake Photo of an Ottoman Naval Cadet with Four #Children, c. 1900

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Regards.. 🙂👍

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It’s an old Ottoman verse criticizing society, not logic. It says: “The virtuous are ignored, while the ignorant claim to teach.” It’s irony.. 🙂👍

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 2d

📜 From Old Books:

"In the world, the virtuous are trampled underfoot,
while the ignorant rush to teach wisdom and learning."

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 2d

📷 A Keepsake Photo of an Ottoman Naval Cadet with Four #Children, c. 1900

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📷 Electric Tramway in Selanik (Thessaloniki, Greece), 1911

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📷 A Keepsake Photo with a Note for His Wife, on Their #Wedding Anniversary, 1895

"My Life Companion! I present this portrait to you as a memento of a happy day, which has influenced my life with yours... ...my picture, which will become even happier by meeting with you..."

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🧵 An Ottoman Embroidered Wall Hanging with a Poem:

"If the oppressor has tyranny, the oppressed has God.
It is easy to oppress now, but tomorrow there is God's supreme judgment."

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🏛️ An Ottoman Grand Vizier #Helmet, 1560.

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📷 A Keepsake Photograph of Two Ottoman Women Painting an Oil Canvas and a Little Girl, April 26, 1917. #Painter

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