7301569 Kara Fatima Khanum arrives in Constantinople; Private Collection; (add.info.: Kara Fatima Khanum arrives in Constantinople with a large retinue of mounted warriors of her tribe, at the start of the Crimean war. She was a female chieftain of a Kurdish tribe from Marash who personally commanded a Kurdish contingent in the Crimean War to prove her loyalty to the Ottoman state following the imprisonment of her husband, the tribal leader. From L\'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859); Photo 穢 Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2022.