The famous horse grave in Karacaahmet Cemetery, Üsküdar

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Accession Nr.: D.4511.2.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
1906
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Materials/Techniques: colour print, photo enlargement
Dimensions: height: 53 cm
width: 53 cm
exhibition material of Kolta Gallery, 8.5x17 cm, new enlargement from the original stereo glass diapositive variant: D.4511. Constantinople (İstanbul), Üsküdar district. The origins of the open turbeh are uncertain; some believe it was built for Karaca Ahmet Sultan, the son of a Turkmen nobleman, and his horse, others think it is the resting place of Hamza Pasha, who lived in the second half of the sixteenth century.