Turkic Collection

Archers on horseback, Central Asia
Warrior archers (Batyrs) on horseback, Central Asia (Kazakhstan area)

A Tartar lady, 1812
3479872 A Tartar lady, 1812; (add.info.: A Tartar lady, 1812. The Tatars are a Turkic people, living in Asia and Europe, who were one of the five major tribal confederations)

Bashkir near his house, Ekhia, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir near his house, Ekhia, 1910.

Bashkir switchman, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir switchman, 1910. A switch operator poses on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, near the town of Ust Katav on the Yuryuzan River.

Bashkir woman in a folk costume, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir woman in a folk costume, 1910.

Bashkir's yard, Ekhia, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir's yard, Ekhia, 1910.

Young Bashkir, Ekhia, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Young Bashkir, Ekhia, 1910.

'Kirghiz Interior; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Kirghiz Interior; Notes on Western Turkistan, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

'A Tartar School; The Caucasus, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A Tartar School; The Caucasus, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

'A Tartar of the Northern slopes of the Caucasus; The Caucasus, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A Tartar of the Northern slopes of the Caucasus; The Caucasus, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

'Tartar Women of Erivan; The Caucasus, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Tartar Women of Erivan; The Caucasus, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme Gacout, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme Gacout, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme Baschkir, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme Baschkir, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme Baschkir, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme Baschkir, c1797

Costumes de Différents Pays, Homme Jacout, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Homme Jacout, c1797

Boy of the Nogai Tribe; The Caucasus, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Boy of the Nogai Tribe; The Caucasus, 1875.From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Chuvashes and their costumes; A Journey on the Volga, 1875. Creator: Nicholas Rowe
Chuvashes and their costumes; A Journey on the Volga, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

The Sorceress of the Yakuts in North East Asia, n.d. Creator: Ernst Damitz
The Sorceress of the Yakuts in North East Asia, n.d

Ossur. A Todzhin Man, 32 Years Old. Ii River, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Ossur. A Todzhin Man, 32 Years Old. Ii River, 1897. From the album Puteshestviya P. Ye. Ostrovskogo na Yenisey v 1894 i 1897 godakh (The journeys of P. E)

Todzhin Birchbark Cradle (sent to the Berlin Museum fur Volkskunde), 1897. Creator: Unknown
Todzhin Birchbark Cradle (sent to the Berlin Museum fur Volkskunde), 1897. From the album Puteshestviya P. Ye. Ostrovskogo na Yenisey v 1894 i 1897 godakh (The journeys of P. E)

Ossur. A Todzhin Man, 32 Years Old. Ii River, 1897. Creator: Unknown
Ossur. A Todzhin Man, 32 Years Old. Ii River, 1897. From the album Puteshestviya P. Ye. Ostrovskogo na Yenisey v 1894 i 1897 godakh (The journeys of P. E)

Bashkirs, 1862. Creator: Zakharov
Bashkirs, 1862. Sheet 41 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1. Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie

Bashkir Village, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Bashkir Village, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia

Buman (Illig Qaghan), founder of Kaghanate Bum�an (Illig Qaghan)
Bumin Khagan (Illig Qaghan, reigned 551-552), founder of the Turkic Kaghanate. This form of government was typical for the Eurasian Steppe from the 6th to the 10th century. circa 6th century

Ancient Kazakh warriors (Batyrs), Kazakhstan
Ancient Kazakh warriors (Batyrs) in battle dress on horseback, with Turkic military equipment and armour, Kazakhstan

Manas monument, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Balbals, ancient Turkic sculptures (6th-10th century), near Burana tower, Chuy oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Delhi, India - Tomb of Shams ud-Din Iltutmish
The Tomb of Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (r. 12111236), the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin, at the Qutb complex

Burana tower minaret (9th century), Chuy oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Cholpon Ata petroglyphs, Issyk Kul oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Yurt (Nomads tent) in Tash Rabat valley, Naryn oblast, Kyrgyzstan

Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Jereed. Traditonal sport of Turks
Ottoman Empire. Turkish Jereed. Traditional sport of Turks played since centuries form the times of Turkic States. Engraving by Lemaitre, H. Lalaisse and Chaillot

Muhammad bin Tughluq issuing token currency, 14th century (print)
3588311 Muhammad bin Tughluq issuing token currency, 14th century (print) by English School, (20th century); (add.info.: Muhammad bin Tughluq, aka Prince Fakhr Malik, Jauna Khan)

Shaykh Sanan and the Christian Maiden (oil on canvas)
3588510 Shaykh Sanan and the Christian Maiden (oil on canvas) by Qajar School (19th century); 64.1 wide cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

Karamanid Woman (coloured engraving)
STC468903 Karamanid Woman (coloured engraving) by Nicolai, David (1707-76); Private Collection; (add.info.: Femme de Caramanie; The Karamanid Emirate was a principality within the Ottoman Empire;)

Two Lohans, c. 1480 (Ink and transparent watercolour on paper)
6176510 Two Lohans, c.1480 (Ink and transparent watercolour on paper) by Persian School, (15th century); 34.5x23.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Four Captive Demons, 1470-1500 (w / c and gold on silk)
3493029 Four Captive Demons, 1470-1500 (w/c and gold on silk) by Persian School, (15th century); 34x20.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Possibly by Muhammad Siyah Qalam)

Wogulski Tartars (engraving)
816211 Wogulski Tartars (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wogulski Tartars. A family of Turkic people at the Siberian border from John Harriss Navigantium)

Tile from Tehran, 19th century (moulded fritware, underglaze-painted)
3432821 Tile from Tehran, 19th century (moulded fritware, underglaze-painted) by Persian School, (19th century); 38.7x51.4 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

A Turkish Chef (coloured engraving)
STC468904 A Turkish Chef (coloured engraving) by Nicolai, David (1707-76); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cuisinier Turc; ); The Stapleton Collection; out of copyright

Prince and Head of State of the Kirghiz people, c. 1820s-30s (coloured engraving)
468743 Prince and Head of State of the Kirghiz people, c.1820s-30s (coloured engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shaman of the Theliot Tatars, 1812-13 (coloured engraving)
468739 Shaman of the Theliot Tatars, 1812-13 (coloured engraving) by Karnejeff, E. (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Les Peuples de la Russie)

Ghaznavid Coin, 999-1030 (silver)
1202996 Ghaznavid Coin, 999-1030 (silver) by Afghan School; 1.9x1.9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Mahmud of Ghazni)

Bashkir Cossack, 1813-1814 (engraving)
957892 Bashkir Cossack, 1813-1814 (engraving) by Jacquemin, Raphael (1821-81); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bashkir Cossack, 1813-1814. After drawing by Schadow at the imperial library)

Two Dromedaries (Aubry de La Mottrayes "Travels throughout Europe
Two Dromedaries (Aubry de La Mottrayes " Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa... " London, 1724, plate 314), 1723-24

Taguri Tatars of the Crimea, c1820s-30s. Creator: D. K. Bonatti (fl. 1720-80)
Taguri Tatars of the Crimea, from Costume dei... by Giulio Ferrario, c.1820s-30s (coloured engraving). the Tatars are a Turkic-speaking peoples living mainly in Russia and other Post-Soviet countries

Gur-e Amir, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Gur-e Amir means " Tomb of the King". It was built in 1404 by order of Timur (Tamerlane) as the mausoleum of his grandson, Muhammad Sultan

Tartar girl of the Green Peninsula, Crimea, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

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"Exploring the Rich Heritage of Turkic Culture: From the Ottoman Empire to Central Asia" Step into a world steeped in history and tradition as we delve into the captivating realm culture. From the grandeur of the Ottoman Empire to the vibrant streets of modern-day Turkey, this ancient civilization has left an indelible mark on our collective heritage. Journey back in time to witness Jereed, the traditional sport of Turks, where skilled horsemen engage in thrilling battles reminiscent of their ancestors' prowess. These archers on horseback harken back to a bygone era when Central Asia was alive with nomadic tribes and fearless warriors. Venture further east, where Turkic roots run deep in lands like Turkmenistan. Lose yourself amidst Merv's bustling Carpet Market (Bazaar), where vibrant colors and intricate designs tell tales woven through generations. Nearby stands Manas monument, a testament to Kyrgyzstan's national hero whose epic stories echo throughout these majestic mountains. Marvel at ancient Turkic sculptures known as Balbals near Burana tower in Chuy oblast - silent guardians that have witnessed centuries pass by. Reflect upon Muhammad bin Tughluq issuing token currency during the 14th century, showcasing how trade flourished under Turko-Islamic influence. In Kazakhstan, discover Ancient Kazakh warriors (Batyrs) who exemplify bravery and honor ingrained within their cultural fabric. Stand beneath Burana tower minaret from the 9th century in Chuy oblast or decipher cryptic messages etched onto Cholpon Ata petroglyphs found in Issyk Kul oblast – both testaments to an age long gone yet still resonating today. Immerse yourself fully within nomadic life by experiencing a yurt (Nomads tent) nestled amidst Tash Rabat valley's breathtaking landscapes in Naryn oblast. Feel connected with nature while embracing the simplicity and resilience nomads.