Celebration of the Festival of Mawlid in the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Istanbul, in the presence of the Sultan. Mawlid al-Nabi al-Sharif or Birth of the Prophet. Celabrazione della festa del Mewlod. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1842. Copied from Ignace Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau General de l’Empire Othoman, Paris, 1790.

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