Province of Bursa/Hüdavendigar: Photo gallery

We present, in this section, pictures taken in the Bursa/Hüdavendigar vilayet (province), the majority of which are photographs and engravings relating to the Ottoman era. We have presented the province with its relevant various sub-sections with the object of making them more easily accessible. In the future we will present, alongside them, various themed articles prepared by the editorial board about the Bursa/Hüdavendigar province. Thus this method of presentation is of a temporary nature which will last until the articles have been prepared. It should be noted that we have worked on the old photographs in this section with the aim of improving their colour, tone and quality.

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Bursa: The Armenian quarter and the entrance of the Armenian cemetery (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Captions and sources
1) Bursa: panorama of the town (Source: Rev. Edwin M. Bliss, Turkey and the Armenian Atrocities, London, 1896)
2) An engraving of Bursa (Source: Chesney, The expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, London, 1850)
3) Bursa: Lusin Donerian (Source: Dzovig Torigian collection)
4) Bursa (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris, 1838)
5) Bursa (Source: Edmund Ollier, Illustrated History of the Russo-Turkish War, Vol. I, London, 1890)
6) Bursa (Source: Charles Texier, Description de l’Asie Mineure, Première Partie, Paris, 1839)
7) Bursa (Source: Charles Texier, Description de l’Asie Mineure, Première Partie, Paris, 1839)

Balıkesir (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Bandırma, 1914. Mariam Firkatian and her son, Roupen (Source: Direction du Patrimoine de Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France)

Captions and sources:
1) Balıkesir (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)
2) Balıkesir (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Captions and sources:
1) Bandırma/Banderma: Panorama (Source: Mekhitarist Order, San Lazzaro, Venice)
2) Bandırma/Banderma: Panorama (Source: Mekhitarist Order, San Lazzaro, Venice)

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Biledjik: Panorama of the town (Source: Mekhitarist Order, San Lazzaro, Venice)

Bilecik/Bilejik, 1911. Brass band composed of students of local Armenian school. Band leader was the school’s music instructor (Source: Nubarian Library, Paris)

Bilecik/Biledjik: A scene from the town (Source: Edmund Naumann, Vom Goldnen Horn zu den Quellen des Euphrat, 1893, Leipzig)

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Kütahya (Source: Christine Gardon collection)

Captions and sources:
1) Kütahya (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)
2) Kütahya (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Captions and sources:
1) Eskishehir/Eskişehir (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)
2) Eskishehir/Eskişehir (Source: Michel Paboudjian collection, Paris)

Kütahya (Source: Mekhitarist Order, San Lazzaro, Venice)

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Captions and sources
1) The town of Afyonkarahissar (Source: Christine Gardon collection)
2) The town of Afyonkarahissar (Source: Christine Gardon collection)
3) The town of Afyonkarahisar (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)
4) The town of Afyonkarahisar (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)
5) The town of Afyonkarahisar (Source: Léon de Laborde, Voyage de l’Asie Mineure, Paris 1838)