[The courtyard of Hirka-yi Serif in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères. – Vintage Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[The courtyard of Hirka-yi Serif in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.
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The Hırka-i Şerif mosque, in the grounds of Topkapı Palace, holds the second of the two mantles traditionally associated with the Prophet Muhammad. The record credits Sultan Abdülmecid I with building it, and this view of its courtyard, dated between 1880 and 1893, shows the complex during the reign of Abdul Hamid II. By then the sultans had moved their residence to Dolmabahçe, so Topkapı was mainly a site of ceremony and sacred relics. The print comes from an album by Abdullah Frères, an Istanbul studio whose photographs of imperial sites circulated widely, and its caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 38. No. 721. Hirka-yi Serif Camii, or the Mosque of the Holy Mantle, was built by Sultan Abdul Mecit I to house the second of the two mantles of the Prophet. In album: Yildiz and Topkapi palaces, tombs and Selamlik procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Topkapi Palace (Istanbul, Turkey)--1880-1900. Courtyards--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-153609 |
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