At the Bazaar or The Empty Purse painting dates to 1857. The painting depicts a fashionably dressed woman at a bazaar who is holding a red, beaded miser’s purse with beaded tassels in her left hand.
At the Bazaar (1857) by James Collinson
The Auspicious Incident and the End of the Janissaries
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The *Auspicious Incident* (*Vaka-i Hayriye*) refers to the dramatic
destruction of the Ottoman Janissary corps by Sultan Mahmud II on June 15,
1826. Thou...
