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Bajazet Kahn I, from Portraits of the Emperors of Turkey

1815
Mezzotint, hand-colored with brush and watercolor, on ivory wove paper
37.5 × 25.3 cm (14.8 × 10 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The fourth Ottoman sultan, Bajazet I (or Bayezid), ruled from 1389 to 1403. Known as “The Thunderbolt,” a nickname gained during military campaigns under his father, Amurat I, as well as under his own reign, he was eventually captured by Tamerlane in 1402 at Ankara.

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