Sultan Collection (#17)

Opening of Parliament - waiting for the Sultan
Opening of the Turkish Parliament - waiting for the Sultan to arrive in his box (back centre). There is a balcony on the upper right full of the diplomatic Corp, there as observers to the proceedings

Egypt - Port Said - Sultan Hussein Quay. This pictures shows THE Department Store at Port Said - Simon Arzt. There is also a Thos. Cook & Son office pictured

Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, 1874
Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, by two vessels of the Royal Navy, H.M.S. Rifleman and H.M.S. Philomel and the Hugh Rose, a vessel from the Bombay Marine service

Mounted English Cavalry soldier in Cairo
Mounted English Cavalry soldier in front of the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo

Patriotic Postcard in favour of the Constitution
Patriotic Postcard in favour of the Turkish Constitution. The revolution of 1908 resulted in the Sultan restoring the constitution - it having been suspended for more than 30 years

Sultan Hussein I, Ruler of Egypt

Miracle Play showing Saladin on the way to Hell, 1910
Photograph showing a 13th century miracle play tableau, illustrating Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, heading towards Satan and Hell (bottom left)

Turkish Delight
A rather portly Turkish sultan, reclining on plump cushions is bedazzled by a Turkish dancer whose silhouette can be seen in the foreground

Refugee at Rhodes
Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of St John, entertains the son of the Turkish sultan who has sought refuge on the island

The Sultan of Morocco, 1906
Photograph showing the Sultan of Morocco wearing a Russian uniform, 1906. Owing to a prejudice against foreigners, common in Morocco at this time

Mehmed V, Sultan
MEHMED V, sultan of Turkey during World War One when Turkey was allied to Germany

Fable / Rat and Elephant
THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT A rat claims he is as good as the elephant on whose back rides a wealthy sultan and his entourage; the sultans cat reminds him he is vulnerable

The Reign of Suspicion at Yildiz Kiosk
Scene from the kitchens of the Sultan at the palace of Yildiz in Turkey, showing the Sultans dinner being tasted and then sealed with a long ribbon by palace officials, in order to avoid poisoning

Pilgrim Procession
The Sacred Camel, carrying gifts from the Sultan, leaves Istanbul for Mecca accompanied by a cohort of pilgrims

Goeben Warship
Powerful German battle-cruiser which easily outruns her British pursuers and escapes to Istanbul, where she is transferred to the Turkish navy as Yavuz Sultan Selim

Turkish Sultan
A Turkish sultan, depicted as a picturesque figure with his noble steed in the midst of battle

Sultan Hassan Mosque
The minarets of the Sultan Hassan Mosque, one rising to a height of 81.6 metres

Racial / Turkey / Sultan Son
Son of a Sultan

Saladin & Leopard Knight
SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB Saladin on horseback (l) accompanied by Sir Kenneth, Earl of Huntingdon, Prince Royal of Scotland; incognito as the Knight of the Leopard

Istanbul / Sultan Palace
Istanbul: a room in the Sultans Palace

Battle of Pollilur (2 / 4)
The Battle of Pollilur waged between Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore and Col. William Baille of the East India Company. Bailles force was defeated and he was captured

Chad N djamena
The Sultan of Bagirmi entering his capital, formerly known as Massenya

Sultan Selim III
SELIM III - a keen reformer, he angers vested interests with his ideas, is deposed in 1807 and murdered by strangulation after a years imprisonment

Abdulmecid I
Sultan ABDUL MECID 1 Khan, a noted reformer

Selim II Sultan
SELIM II, Ottoman sultan, son of Suleyman I the Magnificent

Bazajet Ransoms Captives
Bajazet, sultan of Turkey, accepts ransom money for the comte de Nevers and other French Knights, captured during a reckless invasion of Turkey near Nicopolis

Abd-El Aziz Flees
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz flees after being defeated by brother Moulay-Hafid

Sultan Meets French
Monsieur Saint-Rene Taillandier of the French delegation reveals the programme of reform by the French before the Sultan of Morocco

Despreaux & Saladin / 1190
William Despreaux taken by the Saracens and brought before the Sultan Saladin

Muley Rachid / Morocco
MULEY RACHID Sultan of Morocco and Fez

Sayyid Sa id / Zanzibar
SAYYID SA ID Sultan of Zanzibar

Selim Ii / Turkey / Knolle
SELIM II called SARI or THE BLONDE or THE SOT Sultan of Turkey (1566-74)

Selim Ii / Turkey / Masson
SELIM II called SARI or THE BLONDE or THE SOT Sultan of Turkey (1566-74)

Mehmed V / Ottoman / Fantasi
MEHMED V Ottoman Sultan (1909-18): a satirical view

Abdul Hamid Ii / Pj 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Abdul Hamid Ii / Rire 1897
ABDUL HAMID II Ottoman Sultan (1876-1909) who went to war abroad, misgoverned at home, and was eventually deposed

Brooke Negotiates Treaty
James Brooke negotiates his first treaty with the Sultan of Borneo

Sepulchre of Mohammed II
The sepulchre chapel of Sultan Mohammed II in Istanbul

Mehmed III Ottoman Sult
MEHMED III (MOHAMMED III) suceeded Murad III; continued arduous war with Austria, suppresed revolts in Anatolia and faced war with Iran (1603)

Barbary Corsairs, Toulon
BARBARY CORSAIRS AT TOULON The French negotiate with Barbarossa, emissary of the Turkish Sultan, against the Spanish

Plants / Amberboa Moschata
SWEET SULTAN

Scheharadze and Sultan
Scheherazade (variously spelt) entertains the Sultan with her native Skills

Constantinople Defended
Sultan Selim III having come to terms with Napoleon, a British fleet under admiral Duckworth attacks Constantin- -ople, but is repulsed by Sebastiani and the Sultan

Cyprus to Britain 1878
Cyprus and Britain, represented by Disraeli, support Turkey against the Russians

Hamengku Buwono IX
DORODJATAN KAMENGKU BUWONO The Sultan was crowned in 1940. Shown here meeting the Dutch Governor of his region, which lay in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)

MURAD I Leader and soldier of the Ottoman Empire

Seringapatam 1792
British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis capture Seringapatam, the Mysore city ruled by Sultan Tippoo Sahib

Sultan Bajazet I
SULTAN BAJAZET I

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