The album is comprised of the portraits of the 36 Ottoman sultans and background information about their reigns, in chronological order. The names of the parents of each sultan, of his male heirs, his age at accession and at death and the length of each reign are indicated. The album serves as a handy guide to the principal events of the reign of each Ottoman sultan.
The illustrations for the book are the work of the Ottoman subject, Konstantin Kizikinos, a native of Kapıdağı who was ...