Turks leading captives

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This German woodcut from 1530 shows two female slaves in iron collars, being led by Turkish sipahis or landed cavalry officers, similar to medieval knights. In this period, the Ottoman Turks occupied much of south eastern Europe, and were aggressively trying to expand. When they did, their practice was to take slaves from the non-Muslim occupants of conquered territories.

The Slave Markets section has two woodcuts of Turkish markets; and there is also a second woodcut of slaves being led with rope halters rather than iron collars.

Last modified 8 Dec 06, 12:20 AM by Tanos