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Bashi-Bozouk in Ottoman Army

October 3 2004 at 6:29 AM
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Serdengecti63  (Login Serdengecti63)

The Bashi-Bazouks(leaderless) were mercenary troops of the Ottoman empire.

I find some example paintings about bashi-bozouk. The paintings had done by one of the most important oriantalist painter Jean Leon Gerome...

Bashi-Bozouk Chief:

http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=32684

Bashi-Bozouk Singing:

http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=32604

An Bashi-Bozouk and his dog:

http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=32646

A black Bashi-Bozouk:

http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/display_image.php?id=32602

 

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