
Arnaut soldier, Ottoman Empire
An Arnaut Soldier, viewed from the rear, with a musket slung over his shoulder. He carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem in his right hand. Arnauts in modern Turkey are people of Albanian descent. Historically in the Ottoman Empire, the word often referred to mercenary soldiers from Albania or from the surrounding mountainous region., source: Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt by William Wittman d. 1815
Credit
Mary Evans
/ MarEvanKingCollegLondon
Dimensions
3514 x 5079 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
12 x 17 inches / 30 x 43 cm