In this video I go over the source of some often used images of Ottoman people and of course soldiers. The first 15 minutes are me reading from a chapter discussing the acquirer of the manuscript, Claes Ralamb, and what was happening in Constantinople

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Kafadar, Cemal. “The City That Ralamb Visted.” In The Sultan’s Procession: The Swedish Embassy to Sultan Mehmed IV in 1657-1658 and the Rålamb Paintings, edited by Karin Adahl, 58–73. Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 2006.