Ottoman Imperial Archives

📷 #Shumen (#Bulgaria), 1850 "#Hungarian Refugees who Sought Asylum in the Ottoman Empire and Settled in the Town of Shumen" (Colorized Illustration)

📜 An Ottoman Qur’an Manuscript, 1844 "Just as We sent down on those who divide—those who have made the Qur'an into fragments. By your Lord, We will surely question them all about what they used to do. So proclaim openly what you are commanded, and turn away from those who associate partners with God. Surely We are sufficient for you against those who scoff—those who set up another deity alongside God; but soon they will come to know. We certainly know that your breast is constrained by what they say. So glorify your Lord with Praise, and be among those who prostrate themselves, and worship your Lord until what is certain (death) comes to you." Surah Al-Hijr (15:90–99) "God’s command (for the Judgment) has come, so do not seek to hasten it. Glorified is He, and high exalted above all that they associate as partners with Him. He sends down the angels with the Revelation of His command upon whom He wills of His servants, saying: "Warn people that there is no deity but I, so keep your duty to Me in piety." He created the heavens and the earth with truth (and for a purpose). High exalted is He above all that they associate as partners with Him. He created human from a drop of fluid; yet behold, he is an open adversary. And the cattle—He created them for you; in them is warmth and many benefits, and of them you eat. And there is beauty in them for you when you bring them home in the evening, and when you lead them out to pasture in the morning. And they carry your loads to lands you could not reach except with great distress to yourselves. Surely your Lord is All-Pitying, All-Merciful. And horses, mules, and donkeys (has He created for you) to ride, as well as for ornament; and He creates what you have no knowledge of." Surah An-Nahl (16:1–8) #Quran

✏️ European Guests in a Turkish Konak (Mansion), #Coffee and #Tobacco, Istanbul, 1876 (Colorized Illustration)

📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Child, 1914 (Son of Hasan Izzet Pasha) (Colorized Photo)

🎨 #Janissaries in Sultan Mehmed IV the Hunter’s Entourage on His Hunting Expedition, Carrying Anatolian Leopard Skins Draped over Their Shoulders, Istanbul, 1650s. (Restored Painting) 🖌️ Claes Rålamb