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Dervishes Sharing a Meal  1720

by Jean Baptiste Vanmour

Dervishes lived together in a tekke, which, besides a prayer hall, included living quarters, a library, a dining hall and a kitchen. The dervishes wear a sikke, their typical conical hat, and long woollen robes.
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Courtesy of Rijksmuseum