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[Imperial military middle school Diyarbakir Mekteb-i Rüsdiye-yi Askeri-yi] – Antique Print

[Imperial military middle school Diyarbakir Mekteb-i Rüsdiye-yi Askeri-yi], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[Imperial military middle school Diyarbakir Mekteb-i Rüsdiye-yi Askeri-yi], [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French, this albumen print documents an imperial military middle school at Diyarbakir, one of the provincial *rüşdiye-yi askeri* schools that the Ottoman government expanded during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, who ruled from 1876 to 1909. These schools prepared boys for further military training, and building them in distant provinces reflected a broader effort to extend state authority and modern instruction into Anatolia. The picture is number 10 in an album that pairs school architectural plans with student portraits, so it works both as a record of a particular building and as an example of official self-presentation.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. In album: Imperial schools, architectural plans and student portraits, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsMilitary education--Turkey--Diyarbakir--1880-1900. Schools--Turkey--Diyarbakir--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,248 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-153175

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