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    1. frontof2numberoftheshops,onchaits,slt.MuslimCaptiveywearingwhiteturbans,Bosniankalpaks,TekkeandHamidcaps,a:.\diykalpaks,even withtheappearanceanddressofTatars.Allhavetheirhanandfectchained,andsomeofthecaptivesfromthecommunityofMuhammadaredatkArabs,someyouths,andotherswhite-beardedolqmen.Withsad expressionandbentnecks, theysitontheircha‘LrSbusilypounding medicamentsinhugebronzemortas—mace,cubel?,citinamon,blackpepper,cardamom,ginget,ortisroot,etc.Standingbehindthemaremenwith swords,asiftosay,‘Poundquickly!”Butthe oldermenpoungddlowlyandfecbly,lookingrightandlcft,theirstrengthallspeat.

      wait that is actually oppression and racissim against muslims where was the ottoman empire when this was happening ? they literally started a war about some trading stuff (when they made the venecians fund a war against themselves)

    2. Strect by street, each trade occupies 2 different main street. The wag,makers,goldsmiths, book-printers,batbersandtailorshaveshopsi,aredeckedoutlikeChinesepicturegalleties.Andtheshopsareunequg|,intheoperationof wonderfulobjectsandstrange instruments,Algy,clocks,clocksmarkingprayertimes,orthemonthandday,orthesignsthezodiac, clocksonamonthlyordailycalendat,chimingwallclocksallarefunctioning,Andtheymakeclocksintheformofvariouscn-mn‘cslwithmovingeyes,hands,andfeet,sotheviewerthinksthose animalsgyalive;whereasthemaster clock-makersmadethemmovewithwhe|

      this actually reminds me of our today " sook'' or shopping streets/areas , even after all these years and across different cultures we can still somehow see the same concept which is actually fascinating