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![[The courtyard of Hırka-yi Şerif in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNvdXJ0eWFyZC1vZi1oaXJrYS15aS1zZXJpZi1pbi10aGUtaW1wZXJpYWwtdG9wa2FwaS1zYXJheWktcGFsYWNlLWFiZHVsbGFoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/254/jpg "[The courtyard of Hırka-yi Şerif in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
![El Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque. Cedar pulpit & mihrab](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzQvMDEvMDEvZWwtYWtzYS1pZS1hbC1hcXNhLW1vc3F1ZS1jZWRhci1wdWxwaXQtYW5kLW1paHJhYi0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "El Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque. Cedar pulpit & mihrab")
![[The Police Station in the front of the Imperial Baghdad Pavilion in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXBvbGljZS1zdGF0aW9uLWluLXRoZS1mcm9udC1vZi10aGUtaW1wZXJpYWwtYmFnaGRhZC1wYXZpbGlvbi1pbi10aGUtaW1wZXJpYWwtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[The Police Station in the front of the Imperial Baghdad Pavilion in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)]")
![[One of the courtyards in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvb25lLW9mLXRoZS1jb3VydHlhcmRzLWluLXRoZS1pbXBlcmlhbC10b3BrYXBpLXNhcmF5aS1wYWxhY2UtYWJkdWxsYWgtZnJlcmVzLTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[One of the courtyards in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
![[One corner of the throne room in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvb25lLWNvcm5lci1vZi10aGUtdGhyb25lLXJvb20taW4tdGhlLWltcGVyaWFsLXRvcGthcGktc2FyYXlpLXBhbGFjZS1hYmR1bGxhaC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[One corner of the throne room in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
![[Tile in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGlsZS1pbi10aGUtaW1wZXJpYWwtdG9wa2FwaS1zYXJheWktcGFsYWNlLWFiZHVsbGFoLWZyZXJlcy02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Tile in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
![[One of the courtyards in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvb25lLW9mLXRoZS1jb3VydHlhcmRzLWluLXRoZS1pbXBlcmlhbC10b3BrYXBpLXNhcmF5aS1wYWxhY2UtYWJkdWxsYWgtZnJlcmVzLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[One of the courtyards in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
![[Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvYXVkaWVuY2UtY2hhbWJlci1pbi10aGUtaW1wZXJpYWwtdG9wa2FwaS1zYXJheWktcGFsYWNlLWFiZHVsbGFoLWZyZXJlcy02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
![[Exterior view of the great tower in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1vZi10aGUtZ3JlYXQtdG93ZXItaW4tdGhlLWltcGVyaWFsLXRvcGthcGktc2FyYXlpLXBhbGFjZS1hYmR1bGxhaC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Exterior view of the great tower in the Imperial Topkapı Sarayı (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.")
