The sultan’s men (and some of the provincial notables) wore the same type of fez in the 1830s (Excluding the ‘ulama).
See the pictures of the sultan’s son-in-law Gürcü Halil Rıfat Pasha, Prince Miloš Obrenović, and Koca Hüsrev Pasha:

I think Mahmudi(ye) was the best-looking, though its use seems to have disappeared as soon the sultan died.

We had a very successful panel at the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual Conference! Many thanks to my friends & colleagues Furkan Sarılıcan and Seán Silvia.

Her: so what are your interests?

Me:

Some light summer reading 🤪

A record stone supposedly belonging to the mythic archery champion Tozkoparan (‘Dust-Breaker’) in Istanbul:

Ṣāḥib’ül-Menzil fī'l-Meydān /
Elleḏī ismuhu Tozḳoparan

Mahmud II’s calligraphy practice (meşk) and his teacher’s note:

Māşā-Allāh āferīn efendim

Excited to take part in TIOL-3, albeit remotely, to present our co-authored paper "Blurring the Boundary between Heresy and Orthodoxy: Foreign Travellers’ Accounts on Everyday Religiosity in 19th Century Istanbul" with @eosayin.bsky.social www.travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar

Check out our new publication (it’s open access):

Rik J. Janssen and S. Berk Metin, “19th Century Ottoman Archery Records Among Leiden Miscellanea,” 𝐾𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓: 𝐸-𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛-𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 3, no. 1 (Winter 2025): 40–53.

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BOUN History+’ın davetlisi olarak 5 Aralık’ta Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’de olacağım. İlgilenenleri beklerim.

Many thanks to Mustafa Akyol for citing my research in his new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. Congratulations on publishing this important work which aims to build bridges in these divisive times.