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| 16th century? | Four bell tents in Sultan Suleiman’s encampment surrounded by a white
crenellated fabric wall.
Sultan Suleiman’s bell tent, off white domed apex, two tiered roof, red then yellow bands about the roof, then a band coloured black with three white dots, then an orange, yellow and finally a blue band around the roof edge, orange walls, interior liner is coloured in a light blue with dark blue flowers. Bell tent, off white domed apex, light blue roof and walls with dark blue floral decoration, roof edge decoration consists of; a yellow band, a blue band, another yellow band, and finally an orange band, there are also guy ropes descending from the domed apex. Bell tent, off white domed apex, orange roof with yellow band, guy ropes descend from the apex, roof edge decoration consists of a yellow band then a purple one, guy rope also descended from the roof edge. In the back is the tope of another bell tent but only the off white domed apex and part of the light blue roof are visible. |
“The Ottoman Sultan Suleiman expanded his empire far into eastern Europe.
Here he besieges Bucharest, in modern Romania.”
Photograph by Sonia Halliday. |
Powell, A., The Rise of Islam, London, 1979, p. 41. |
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