AHMET I

ACHMET I

TURKISCHER KAYSER

German, c. 1680

Engraving from two plates, sheet 31,5 x 20 cm…

Portrait of AHMET I (1590-1617), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death from Typhus. A traditionalist, he restored old Islamic regulations that prohibited alcohol and attempted to enforce attendance at Friday prayesr. He ordered the destruction of the musical clock organ that Elizabeth I had sent to the court during the reign of his father…

The portrait is printed within a seperately-printed border of allegorical figures and trophies…