History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

🏛️ Detail of the Wall Tile Decoration at the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, 16th Century

✒️ Ahmet Re'fet Efendi

✒️ An Ottoman Sufi Calligraphic Wall Panel, Name, 1910

📷 A Sapling Vendor, Istanbul, c. 1900

🧵 Ottoman Women's Embroidery, 1900s

📷 A Sapling Vendor, Istanbul, c. 1900

✒️ Ahmet Re'fet Efendi

✒️ An Ottoman Sufi Calligraphic Wall Panel, Name, 1910

🖍️ A Picture with “For God’s sake, they buy the captive birds and set them free” written in German in the note beneath it, Istanbul, c. 1590. #birds #animals

✒️ Bîzebân İbrahim Ağa

✒️ An Ottoman Calligraphic Wall Panel, 1731

“Love is higher than the endeavors of spiritual masters.”
“When you enter a house, greet its people with peace, and when you leave, bid farewell with peace.” (Prophet ﷺ)

🎨 E. Adil

🎨 A Window onto the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1900s

“Spring has arrived again; behold the tulip gardens.
Behold the manifestation of the Creator’s power.”

✏️ Abdülkadir Çelebi (17th Century)

🏛️ Ottoman Trabzon-Work Woven Filigree Silver Bridal Belt Bearing a Tughra, c. 1900

🖍️ A Picture with “For God’s sake, they buy the captive birds and set them free” written in German in the note beneath it, Istanbul, c. 1590. #birds #animals

✒️ Bîzebân İbrahim Ağa

✒️ An Ottoman Calligraphic Wall Panel, 1731

“Love is higher than the endeavors of spiritual masters.”
“When you enter a house, greet its people with peace, and when you leave, bid farewell with peace.” (Prophet ﷺ)

This is a charcoal drawing colored with AI. For Original Drawing: Hugh William Williams, Select Views in Greece, 1829

🎨 E. Adil

🎨 A Window onto the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1900s

“Spring has arrived again; behold the tulip gardens.
Behold the manifestation of the Creator’s power.”

✏️ Abdülkadir Çelebi (17th Century)

✉️ An Ottoman Postcard, #Haifa Train Station, Palestine, c. 1900

🗺️ An Ottoman Map of #Australia, c. 1890

✏️ The Town of Mystras (Ancient #Sparta, Greece), 1829

📷 Studio Keepsake Portrait of a Sister and Brother, Istanbul, c. 1900

✉️ An Ottoman Postcard, #Haifa Train Station, Palestine, c. 1900

✏️ The Town of Mystras (Ancient #Sparta, Greece), 1829

📷 Portrait of Tevfik Efendi, Member of the Ottoman Parliament for Al-Karak (Jordan), 1908

🗺️ An Ottoman Map of #Australia, c. 1890

🖍️ The Ottoman Princes (Sons of Ahmed III) Being Taken to the Place of Their Circumcision Ceremony, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, 1720

✒️ Ahmed Re’fet Efendi

✒️ An Ottoman Calligraphic Wall Panel, 1901 “And #Jesus son of Mary said; ‘O Children of #Israel! Surely I am the Messenger of God sent to you, confirming the Torah which was revealed before me, and bringing the glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad.” (Quran; 61/6)

"My dear, precious child, my dearest Fahriye. I received your letter dated November 12 the day before yesterday, after a month and a half, and I was overjoyed. Before reading it, I kissed it many times and touched it to my face and eyes I was proud of your handwriting, my dear. You wrote that you have improved your German, and I was so pleased. May Almighty God grant you good health. Study very hard, my dear Fahriye. Write to me often. Hopefully, I will send you my photograph soon. If you have a new photograph, send it to us, my dear. With longing, I kiss your eyes and cheeks thousands of times. Likewise, your aunt and uncle send you many kisses, my dear, my precious child. İkbal was very happy to receive your greetings. She longs to see you very much and kisses the hem of your garment. Your grandmother Mevlide, who loves you more than her own life. Karşıyaka (Istanbul)"

💌 A Postcard with a Written Message on the Back, Sent from a Grandmother to Her Granddaughter who is a Student, 1920s

"My dear, precious child, my dearest Fahriye. I received your letter.. Before reading it, I kissed it many times..." [𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁]

✒️ Ahmed Re’fet Efendi

✒️ An Ottoman Calligraphic Wall Panel, 1901 “And #Jesus son of Mary said; ‘O Children of #Israel! Surely I am the Messenger of God sent to you, confirming the Torah which was revealed before me, and bringing the glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad.” (Quran; 61/6)

"My dear, precious child, my dearest Fahriye. I received your letter dated November 12 the day before yesterday, after a month and a half, and I was overjoyed. Before reading it, I kissed it many times and touched it to my face and eyes I was proud of your handwriting, my dear. You wrote that you have improved your German, and I was so pleased. May Almighty God grant you good health. Study very hard, my dear Fahriye. Write to me often. Hopefully, I will send you my photograph soon. If you have a new photograph, send it to us, my dear. With longing, I kiss your eyes and cheeks thousands of times. Likewise, your aunt and uncle send you many kisses, my dear, my precious child. İkbal was very happy to receive your greetings. She longs to see you very much and kisses the hem of your garment. Your grandmother Mevlide, who loves you more than her own life. Karşıyaka (Istanbul)"

💌 A Postcard with a Written Message on the Back, Sent from a Grandmother to Her Granddaughter who is a Student, 1920s

"My dear, precious child, my dearest Fahriye. I received your letter.. Before reading it, I kissed it many times..." [𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁]

🖍️ The Ottoman Princes (Sons of Ahmed III) Being Taken to the Place of Their Circumcision Ceremony, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, 1720

📜 From Old Books, 17th Century

“You are alone amidst beauty, I am alone in the midst of the city. Come, let us be together; for you are alone, and I am alone.”

📷 Keepsake Portrait of an Ottoman Soldier in Arab Attire

"13 March 1916. You will not recognize me from this photograph of me taken in Arab attire, as I bear little resemblance to my present self. Naturally, since it is a very old photograph, I am sending a second one as well. And respectfully.."