Müteferrika Süleyman Ağa, known as Suleiman Aga and Soleiman Agha in France, was an Ottoman Empire ambassador to the French king Louis XIV in 1669. Suleiman visited Versailles, but only wore a simple wool coat and refused to bow to Louis XIV,[2] who immediately banished him to Paris, away from Versailles.[2]
In Paris, Suleiman set up a beautiful house where he was credited for introducing coffee drinking to the Parisian society, with waiters dressed in Ottoman style, triggering enthusiastic responses thereby starting the fashion for coffee-drinking.[2][3] Suleiman invited Parisian society women to his home for extravagant "coffee ceremonies", which were imitated throughout Parisian high society.[3]
Suleiman's activities in Paris were a trigger for the popularity of Turquerie and Orientalism in early modern France, in which Turkish fashions of the time such as turbans and caftans and decorations such as carpets and cushions became highly popular.[4]
The first French coffee shop, the Café Procope, opened in 1689, just 17 years after Suleiman's famed visit.
suleiman, müteferrika, süleyman, ağa, known, soleiman, agha, france, ottoman, empire, ambassador, french, king, louis, 1669, suleiman, visited, versailles, only, wore, simple, wool, coat, refused, louis, immediately, banished, paris, away, from, versailles, le. Muteferrika Suleyman Aga known as Suleiman Aga and Soleiman Agha in France was an Ottoman Empire ambassador to the French king Louis XIV in 1669 Suleiman visited Versailles but only wore a simple wool coat and refused to bow to Louis XIV 2 who immediately banished him to Paris away from Versailles 2 Suleiman Aga to the left meeting with Hugues de Lionne to the right 1 Suleiman Aga in 1669 in front of Louis XIV of France 1 In Paris Suleiman set up a beautiful house where he was credited for introducing coffee drinking to the Parisian society with waiters dressed in Ottoman style triggering enthusiastic responses thereby starting the fashion for coffee drinking 2 3 Suleiman invited Parisian society women to his home for extravagant coffee ceremonies which were imitated throughout Parisian high society 3 Suleiman s activities in Paris were a trigger for the popularity of Turquerie and Orientalism in early modern France in which Turkish fashions of the time such as turbans and caftans and decorations such as carpets and cushions became highly popular 4 The first French coffee shop the Cafe Procope opened in 1689 just 17 years after Suleiman s famed visit Contents 1 See also 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksSee also EditFranco Ottoman alliance Charles Marie Francois Olier marquis de Nointel Le Bourgeois gentilhommeNotes Edit a b Vandal 1900 p 25 a b c Bernstein p 247 a b New York Times Starbucked 16 December 2007 Bound together by Nayan Chanda p 87References EditBernstein W A splendid exchange how trade shaped the world Atlantic Monthly Press 2008 ISBN 0 87113 979 0 Vandal A 1900 L Odyssee d un Ambassadeur Les voyages du marquis de Nointel 1670 1680 Paris Plon Nourrit External links EditThe Embassy of Soliman Aga to Louis XIV Diplomacy Dress and Diamonds by Garritt van Dyk This Ottoman biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Suleiman Aga amp oldid 1114423387, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
