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A Turkish banknote dated 30 August 1995 to celebrate Sabiha Gökçen (1913-2001), the first female combat pilot in the world and the first Turkish aviatrix
From an adjacent room, women attend the preaching of Shaykh Baha’al-Din Veled in Balkh, Afghanistan. Miniature in Jami’ al-Siyar, 1600. MS Hazine 1230, folio 112a, Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul
Anonymous oil painting portrait, now located at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, of Hürrem Sultan or Roxelana (c. 1510 – April 18, 1558)
Two Andalusian Arab women playing chess, with a girl playing lute (Chess Problem #19, F18R) , from Alphonso X’s Book of Games (Libro de los Juegos).
Cleopatra VII and her son Caesarion at the Temple of Dendera
Lubna of Cordoba by José Luis Muñoz
“The boss from a Viking shield (pictured) was recently found to contain Islamic coins in a leather purse. This evidence strengthens the theory that the Vikings traded with Islamic civilisations, or came into contact with the culture in Spain”
“In the Oseberg ship, which was excavated nearly a hundred years ago, more than one hundred small silk fragments were found. This is the oldest find of Viking Age silk in Norway.”
Al-Idrisi describing Finland, 1154.
Trade in the East Slavic Camp by Sergei Ivanov, 1913
Emir of Córdoba and its officers, according to a sixteenth-century manuscript.
Harun al-Rashid receiving a delegation sent by Charlemagne at his court
Muslim (Saracen), Magyar, and Viking Invasions of Europe during the Tenth Century
Viking ring with the word “Allah” inscribed in Arabic
National Museum of Finland : Islamic, English, and German coins, latest coin dates from 1006-1029
Front cover of Annals of the Caliphs’ Kitchens
Two pages from the ms of Kitab al-tabikh in the National Library of Finland
Geographical distribution of production for the different kinds of coffees (r : robusta, a : arabica, m : robusta & arabica).
Illustration of Coffea arabica plant and seeds in Kohler’s Medicinal Plants
A 16th-century manuscript showing a coffee-house with men drinking coffee. Reproduced in part in 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World, editor in chief Prof. Salim T. S. Al-Hassani
Miniature of a portable coffee stall dated to 1582, taken from Sürname-i Hümayun (Imperial Festival Book), where the artisans of the coffee maker/seller participating in the festival procession were depicted in great detail.
A coffee-house in Palestine around 1900
The traditional mode of grinding coffee in Palestine around 1905
Miniature of an Ottoman coffee shop in Hungary.
A Kipferl, the precursor to the croissant, a small wheat twirl-bread with poppy-seed. It is said that the croissant was invented to celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman army in Vienna.
Coffe Baum relief over the door of a Leipzig coffee shop showing a sculptural representation of a man dressed in Turkish-style clothing receiving a cup of coffee from a boy.
15th-16th century manuscript of Divan-e Shamse Tabrizi depicting Shamse Tabrizi playing chess with a young Persian prince.
Persian youth playing chess with two suitors
A classic and typically beautiful Islamic bone chess set, without any figural representations of humans or animals. The Islamic sets often have exquisite artistic appeal. This set dates from around 1900.
This illustration from a Persian treatise on chess, possibly dating from the 14th century, is notable for its expressive faces that hint at the “different kinds of pleasantry and jests” Mas‘udi recorded as customary among players at that time in Baghdad.
Christian and Muslim playing chess (12-14th century), reproduced in Claude Lebedel, Les Croisades: Origines et conséquences (Ouest France, 2004, p. 108).
Task assignment order to supply wheat to palace (Ottoman Archive of Prime Ministery, İbnülemin-Tevcihât, no. 11).
İftar meal, by grand vizier d’Ohsson. (Source: Tableau général de L’Empire Othoman, II, Paris 1790; Coşkun Yilmaz Archive).
Meal carrying cooks. (Source: Mouradgea d’Ohsson, Tableau général de L’Empire Othoman, III/2, Paris 1820; Coşkun Yilmaz Archive).
Bayram Ceremony: Ceremony in the Second Courtyard of Topkapi Palace. (Source: d’Ohsson, Tableau général de L’Empire Othoman, II, Paris 1790).
Sherbet Makers (Şerbetçiler), from Surnâme-i Hümayun, Topkapi Palace Museum Library, MS H. 1344, folio 238a.
View of Topkapi Palace from the sea
The Superintendent of the Kitchen Halil Efendi, who was promoted to Royal wedding feasts superintendent.
Allotment Ledger: First pages of an allotment made to tables of elites during the game organization of Sultan.
Chief Cook Mouradgea d’Ohsson.
Ceremony on the Second Courtyard of Topkapi Palace.
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