Ottoman Tüfekçi musketeers

[Druzhina]

In Armies of the Ottoman Turks, 1300-1774 by David Nicolle & Angus McBride, there is a black and white picture of the new 'Tufekci' infantry. It took me a while to find a coloured version: Ottoman Tüfekçi musketeers of Ken'an Paşa in a Pāshānameh, c. 1630. British Museum, Sloane 3584, folio 20a
it can be seen that they all wear a red fez, but their coats are variously red, blue, brown, etc.

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Illustrations of Ottoman Costume & Soldiers

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Fezzes are cool

[FierceKitty]

With bow ties?

[FierceKitty]

Is that a fez? It could be the tubular Janissary cap, couldn't it?

[fred.]

I think fezzes. On the bottom right of the picture are two Jannissary with their caps and these have been drawn very differently.

[Druzhina]

On a few that are facing to our right can be seen 2 or 3 dark feathers in a brass coloured holder on the right-hand side of their fez.

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17th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers