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Kara Fatima Khanum arrives in Constantinople with a large retinue of mounted warriors of her tribe, at the start of the Crimean war. She was a female chieftain of a Kurdish tribe from Marash who personally commanded a Kurdish contingent in the Crimean War to prove her loyalty to the Ottoman state following the imprisonment of her husband, the tribal leader. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859

Kara Fatima Khanum arrives in Constantinople with a large retinue of mounted warriors of her tribe, at the start of the Crimean war. She was a female chieftain of a Kurdish tribe from Marash who personally commanded a Kurdish contingent in the Crimean War to prove her loyalty to the Ottoman state following the imprisonment of her husband, the tribal leader. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859.
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Kara Fatima Khanum arrives in Constantinople with a large retinue of mounted warriors of her tribe, at the start of the Crimean war. She was a female chieftain of a Kurdish tribe from Marash who personally commanded a Kurdish contingent in the Crimean War to prove her loyalty to the Ottoman state following the imprisonment of her husband, the tribal leader. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859
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4087 x 5315 px | 62.1 MB
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34.6 x 45.0 cm | 13.6 x 17.7 in (300 dpi)
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