Selimiye Collection

Turkey. Constantinople. Selim I Mosque, 16th century
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Selim I Mosque (1520-1527). It was erected by the Ottoman Sultan Suleyman I the Magnificent in honor or his father Selim I, died in 1520. Engraving by Lemaitre

Selimiye Camii - Nicosia, Cyprus
Selimiye Camii (Saint Sophia Cathedral) - Nicosia, Cyprus - a Roman Catholic Cathedral converted into a Mosque. circa 1930s

Selimiye Barracks at Haydar Pasa, Istanbul
The Selimiye Barracks at Haydar Pasa (built by Mahmud II in 1828), known in Turkish as Kisla - the site of Florence Nightingales British Military Hospital during the Crimean War. Date: circa 1910s

Edirne - formerly Andrinople, Turkey
Edirne - formerly Andrinople - close to the border with Greece and Bulgaria. Site of 16 major battles or sieges from Ancient Greek times up until the 1920s

Konya, Turkey - The Selimiye Mosque. Date: 1919

Harem, Selimiye, Summer Palace at Tarabya, Pera Palace Hotel Date: 1898

Quay at Harem, Selimiye Barracks, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1895

Cathedral church of St. Sophia and mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus
The cathedral church of St. Sophia at Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Converted to a mosque by Turks, the choir was destroyed but the nave remains. Date: 1878

Constantinople, Turkey - Muhurdar, Kadikoy Date: circa 1910s

Regiment of Lancers - Constantinople
Officers of the Regiment of Lancers of the Imperial Guard, Constantinople, Turkey - pictured at the Selimiye barracks. Date: 1913

Selimiye Mosque (St Sophia), Nicosia, Cyprus
Selimiye Mosque in Nicosia was originally constructed during 1209 and 1228 as the Saint Sophia Cathedral. The Kings of Cyprus were crowned here until the Venetians took control of the island in 1489

Selimiye Barracks, Haydar Pasa
The Selimiye Barracks at Haydar Pasa (built by Mahmud II in 1828), known in Turkish as Kisla - the site of Florence Nightingales British Military Hospital during the Crimean War

Italian Pre-dreadnought Battleship Vittorio Emanuele
View of the Italian Pre-dreadnought Battleship Vittorio Emanuele on the Sea of Marmara by Haydar Pasa about to enter the Bosphorus

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