CHAPTER VI.

THE OTTOMAN PAVILION.

Fhe Resources of Turkey Shown in Twelve Sections— Textile Fabrics— Gold and Silver and Other
Minerals — Munitions of War, Electrical Appliances and Many Antiquities— Agricultural Products-
Silks and Dye Stuffs— An Imitation of the Hunkhar Casque— Damascian Carved Woods— The
Ottoman Coat of Arms— Damascus Rugs and Other Oriental Manufactures.

N the Turkish building, which adjoins that of Brazil on the
east and Hi -s between the Fine Arts and Fisheries buildings,
is the principal exhibit of the Turkish Empire. In this
structure a miniature exhibit is made of the resources of the
Ottoman Empire, consisting of twelve sections, in which are
shown textile fabrics, gold, silver and other minerals, muni-
tions of war, electrical applicances, antiquites, all the natural
agricultural products, silks, dye-stuffs, and, in brief, small
samples of nearly every industry of the country. Exhibits
are also made in the department of manufactures, consisting
principally of Oriental rugs and filigree jewelry; in the de-
partment of transportation exhibits, in which caiques, sedan chairs, bullock carts,
etc., are shown, and in the Woman's department, where embroideries made by the
women of Turkey are an interesting feature

The Turkish building is in the Moresque style and is in. imitation ot the
Hunkhar Casque (or fountain) of Sultan Ahmed III. which is opposite: the Babi
Humayon in Constantinople, and which corresponds with the capital at Washing-
ton, the seat of government. The structure is eighty by one hundred feet in
dimensions and is surrounded in the center by a dome. There are also smaller
domes at each of the four corners. The exterior is covered in Damascian carved
wood, made especially in Damascus and brought here for the purpose. The in-
terior is a large exhibition hall, decorated with tapestries. There are small ex-
hibition rooms in each of the four corners, and the office of the commissioners is
in a separate building to the rear of the main building.

On June 26th his eminence, Ibrahim Hakky Bey, a handsome Armenian
noble, and the Imperial Ottoman Commissioner-General to the Columbian Ex-
position, and Ahmed Fahri Bey, Imperial Ottoman Commissioner, gave a recep-
tion from 3 to 5 in the office building, and during the same hours the exhibits in
the pavilion were thrown open for private view. A full uniformed orchestra dis-
coursed popular music, with interspersed classical numbers, and attracted a large
crowd to the pavilion. Visitors were bowed to the door of the pavilion by a double

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line of soldiers from the desert in the flowing and glaring garb of the Arab, while
at the door stood two American giants in the uniform of the Sultan's Guard, a
bright red, bedecked with gold and silver filigree ornaments.

Refreshments were served in the area between the pavilion and office
building, and in the latter Hakky Bey made a characteristic and patriotic speech.
The Turkish exhibits are a revelation in the line of scientific instruments and naval
structure. The implements of navigation and electrical appliances are crude com-
pared with those of American make, but they show that the Ottoman is trying to

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keep abreast of the times. In gold and silver filigree work and in jewels some
very handsome exhibits are made by the Sultan's jeweler, Tchaiboukdjian. One
especially handsome piece shows the Ottoman royal coat-of-arms, and another the
monogram of the Sultan, Hamidie. The famous tower of Galata is shown in
miniature, and several series of magnificent photographs of scenes in Constan-
tinople, and on the Bosphorus and of royal palaces are exhibited. Antiques, fine
Oriental silks, and examples of fine needlework and embroideries on the finest of
fabrics, palm-oil soaps, Yemen coffee, wools from Caucasus, silks in all grades from
the cocoon to the finished product, Damascus cloth rugs, and other samples of
Oriental manufacture make up the interesting exhibit.

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