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📜 From Old Books:
"You know that you do not know. You do not ask, so you do not know.
You fear to ask, for they will know that you do not know."
I have no info, sorry..
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📷 Souvenir Photo of a #Kurdish Pasha's Sons, 1890
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📷 Acre, Palestine, 1900s
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📷 Bulgarian Children in Edirne, c. 1870 (Western Türkiye)
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📷 Karaköy, Istanbul, 1883
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📷 Tripoli, #Libya, c. 1908
06.10.2025 17:17 — 👍 27 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0May be, I don't know. I've never seen anything like that in old photos before..
06.10.2025 16:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🏛️ An Ottoman Gilded Wood Turban Stand (Kavukluk), c. 1800
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📷 Portrait of a Man Wearing Traditional Clothes, Istanbul, 1922
06.10.2025 12:58 — 👍 48 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0The original photo above is its black and white version below.. Photographer: Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey 👍
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📷 Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
📷 One of the Oldest Photos of Istanbul, 1843
06.10.2025 12:27 — 👍 65 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 2
📜 From Old Books:
"In the world, the virtuous are trampled underfoot,
while the ignorant rush to teach wisdom and learning."
📷 A Keepsake Photo of an Ottoman Naval Cadet with Four #Children, c. 1900
05.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 51 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Regards.. 🙂👍
06.10.2025 10:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s an old Ottoman verse criticizing society, not logic. It says: “The virtuous are ignored, while the ignorant claim to teach.” It’s irony.. 🙂👍
06.10.2025 10:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
📜 From Old Books:
"In the world, the virtuous are trampled underfoot,
while the ignorant rush to teach wisdom and learning."
📷 A Keepsake Photo of an Ottoman Naval Cadet with Four #Children, c. 1900
05.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 51 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
📷 Electric Tramway in Selanik (Thessaloniki, Greece), 1911
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📷 A Keepsake Photo with a Note for His Wife, on Their #Wedding Anniversary, 1895
"My Life Companion! I present this portrait to you as a memento of a happy day, which has influenced my life with yours... ...my picture, which will become even happier by meeting with you..."
🧵 An Ottoman Embroidered Wall Hanging with a Poem:
"If the oppressor has tyranny, the oppressed has God.
It is easy to oppress now, but tomorrow there is God's supreme judgment."
🏛️ An Ottoman Grand Vizier #Helmet, 1560.
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📷 A Keepsake Photograph of Two Ottoman Women Painting an Oil Canvas and a Little Girl, April 26, 1917. #Painter
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📷 Three Boys Sitting on the Rocks in the Kadisha Valley, #Lebanon, 1900s
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📷 An Ottoman Mansion in Ortaköy, Istanbul, c. 1880
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🗺️ Abdullah el-Dımaşkî
🗺️ An Ottoman Map, 1691
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📜 A contract dated April 10, 1756, made before the qadi between the father of a nine-year-old child suffering from a bladder stone and urinary retention and a surgeon, stipulating that the father would not pursue legal action in the event of the child's death resulting from the procedure.
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📷 Bursa Municipality Building, 1879
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🎨 Jean-Etienne Liotard
🎨 Ottoman Ladies at a Turkish Bath, Istanbul, c. 1750
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