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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 10h
📷 Portrait of an Aide-de-Camp to the Sultan, 1884 "Ragıb Pasha" (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 6h
📷 Studio Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Father and His Four Daughters, Istanbul, 1910s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 12h
📷 An Ottoman Secondary School in Aksaray, #Istanbul, 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 10h
📷 Portrait of an Aide-de-Camp to the Sultan, 1884 "Ragıb Pasha" (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 12h
📷 An Ottoman Secondary School in Aksaray, #Istanbul, 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Father and Children, 1900s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
✏️ A #Greek Dancer in #Izmir, c. 1850 (Western Anatolia)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📷 The Tower of David, #Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine, c. 1900 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of a Second Lieutenant, 1910s
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 An Ottoman #Hospital for Women in Hasköy, Istanbul, 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of a Second Lieutenant, 1910s
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 Portrait of a Group of Villager Women from #Macedonia, 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Staff Captain, Istanbul, 1898
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 The Procession Arriving at Eyüp Sultan Mosque for the New Sultan Abdülmecid’s Sword-Girding Ceremony, Istanbul, 2 July 1839
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
📷 Keepsake Portrait of Three Ottoman Women, c. 1920 "1-My Mother, Aişe, Daughter of Mustafa Râsih Ağa. 2-My Sister, Şifa, Wife of Ref'et Rıfat Çavuş. 3-My Maternal Aunt, Penbe, Daughter of Mustafa Râsih Ağa." Written on the Back.
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📷 Inauguration of the First Electric Tramway in the Ottoman Empire, #Damascus (Syria), 1907 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📷 Portraits from Imperial Album, 1873 (From Left to Right): ✦ Greek Woman from #Burdur ✦ Wealthy Man from #Konya ✦ Muslim Woman from #Burdur (Central Anatolia)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📷 Nusretli Village ( #Nikiforos, Eastern Macedonia, #Greece), 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of an #Armenian Woman, Istanbul, c. 1900 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
✒️ Ottoman Calligraphy Wall Art, 1801 "My success in my task depends on God alone."
 ✒️  Vasvi Muhammed Tahir
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Boy, c. 1900 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📷 Houses on the Bosphorus, Beykoz, Istanbul, c. 1890.
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📷 Keepsake Photograph of a Group of Ottoman Students, 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📷 #Christian and #Muslim Gentlemen on a Promenade in #Adapazarı (Northwestern Anatolia), 1916 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📷 #Christian and #Muslim Gentlemen on a Promenade in #Adapazarı (Northwestern Anatolia), 1916 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📷 Studio Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Father and His Sons in Candia (Heraklion), #Crete, 1884 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📷 #Bulgarian Church in Balat, Istanbul, c. 1898 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Woman, Istanbul, c. 1880 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📷 Portrait of an Ottoman Boy, c. 1910 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✏️ A Street in #Vidin ( #Bulgaria), 1856 (Colorized Engraving)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📷 Studio Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Child Wearing a Pasha Uniform, 1890s. (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📷 Studio Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Father and His Sons in Candia (Heraklion), #Crete, 1884 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📷 The Hamidiye Garden in #Balıkesir (Western Anatolia), 1905 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📷 Portrait of the Chief Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance in Istanbul, Ethem Bey, c. 1900 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
✏️ Wooden Houses Beside the Rumeli Fortress, #Istanbul, 1850s. (Colorized Engraving)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📷 Studio Keepsake Portrait of a Couple in Ottoman Bulgaria, c. 1875 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📷 Distant View of the City of #Damascus ( #Syria), 1900s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📷 Portrait of an #Albanian Boy Wearing a Fustanella in Shkodra (Shkodër, #Albania), 1898 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📜 The Law Code of #Gaza, regulating the tax amounts to be collected from various goods brought from Egypt, Damascus, and Abyssinia, offered for sale in the sanjak of Gaza, and forwarded to other cities if unsold, #Palestine, 1557
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📷 Children of #Kurdish Tribal Chiefs (Eastern Anatolia), 1892. (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📷 Distant View of the City of #Damascus ( #Syria), 1900s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🗺️ A #Map of the Ottoman Empire in Asia and Europe, 1877
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📷 Ottoman Children Returning Home from School, Istanbul, 1910s (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of a #Macedonian Man Wearing a Fustanella, 1888. (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
✏️ The Town of #Vidin ( #Bulgaria), 1826 (Colorized Illustration)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📷 Keepsake Photograph of an Ottoman Officer and His Wife in #Aleppo (Syria), June 15, 1915 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📷 Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, c. 1860 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📜 From Old Books, 18th Century: "As #justice endures, it gives life; As #oppression endures, it destroys."
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Young Man, Istanbul, c. 1900 (Colorized Photo)
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📷 An Ottoman Police Station in #Erzurum (Eastern Anatolia), 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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