1869 oil painting from artist Jean-Léon Gérôme showing a modeled depiction of the infamous, brutal Bashi-Bazouk of the Ottoman Empire [1280×1585] by TheStonedWiz
October 10, 2024Slave-market in the town of Zabid in Yemen either during the ayyubid or rasulid rule in yemen [829×910]
October 10, 202416th century burgonet made by the Milanese armourer Filippo Negroli, currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City [2978×3722]
October 10, 2024Chateau de Losse from across the Vezere river, Perigord, France. The castle has remained unaltered since the 16th century. Its only access is by the bridge over the moat and through a fortified gatehouse (the largest of its kind in France) [1920×1080] [OC]
EditorRedditer on October 10, 2024 1:27 pm And there was me, thinking that ‘Bashi-Bazouk’ was an insult invented by Captain Haddock…
A-d32A on October 10, 2024 1:45 pm What an interesting composition. With his back turned towards the Painter and still sticking out the handle of his yatagan to show it off Thank you for sharing
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And there was me, thinking that ‘Bashi-Bazouk’ was an insult invented by Captain Haddock…
What an interesting composition. With his back turned towards the Painter and still sticking out the handle of his yatagan to show it off
Thank you for sharing