Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey

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Amurat Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey

John Young

Date
1815
Medium
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper
Culture
England
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Amurat I (or Murad) was the third Ottoman sultan, ruling from 1360 to 1389. He established the conscripted corps of soldiers called janissaries, and was sometimes referred to as “Lord Dominator” for his extension of the Ottoman dominions from Thrace into Macedonia and Albania.

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