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Amurat 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

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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