#topkapi

[tinydetours]

Topkapi Palace - Istanbul, Turkey

[livesunique]

Divan-ı Hümayun, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey,

The "Imperial Council Chamber", also known as the Kubbealtı ("Under the Dome"), was the administrative nerve center of the Ottoman Empire.

Once the residence of the sultans...

Mark Anthony Fox Photography

[sacredwhores]

Jules Dassin - Topkapi (1964)

[theotherpages]

I'm Watching You

Hooded Crow 🪶 (Corvus Cornix) grounds of Topkapi Palace

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye )

photo by Steve Spanoudis from the collections at https//theotherpages.org

[isalabells]

I never liked that gun. It upset the artist in me.

TOPKAPI (1964), dir. Jules Dassin

[secretxsara]

Melisa İlayda Özcanik as Dilruba Sultan (Child)

Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem | 2015

Magnificent Century: Kösem, Dilruba Sultan’s outfit in episode 19

[anitapallenberg]

Topkapi (1964) | Dir. Jules Dassin

[along-the-silkroad]

Scene from the Siege of Rhodos (1522) with Sultan Suleiman on horse-back on the bottom right, from the Süleymanname.

The Süleymannâme (or Sulaiman-nama, meaning “Book of Suleiman”) is an illustrated chronicle of the life and accomplishments of Suleiman the Magnificent. It contains 65 scenes of miniature paintings, richly decorated with gold, depicting battles, audiences, hunts, and sieges. Written in Persian verse by Fethullah Arifi Çelebi and illustrated by five anonymous artists, it constitutes the fifth volume of the first illustrated history of the Ottoman dynasty. Composed in the style of the Persian Shahnameh, the original manuscript is preserved in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, with another copy held at the Astan Quds Razavi Library under the number 4249.

The work recounts the first 35 years of Suleiman’s reign, from 1520 to 1555, presenting an idealized vision of his rule. It frames Suleiman as the culmination of world history, completing the divine order that began with creation. The manuscript measures 25.4 by 37 centimeters and comprises 617 folios arranged chronologically. Unlike many artistic commissions of the Ottoman court, the Süleymannâme appears to have been intended for more private use. It includes 69 illustrated pages, as four of the depicted themes are spread across double-folio images. Rooted in Persian cultural and political traditions, the work is significant for its portrayal of the sultan in a semi-divine light and for reflecting the ideals and expectations of the Ottoman court. Arifi’s epic poem consists of approximately 60,000 verses.