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Dervishes or Islamic saints occupied a special place in the religiously tolerant Istanbul. Like Christian monks, some derwishes roamed the countryside or the city, while others lived in communities or orders. The best-known order is that of the Mevlevi Dervishes, the followers of the philosopher and mystical poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273), also called Mevlana, "our master." Mevlevi derwishes try to get in touch with Allah through prayer, music and whirling dance. Their right hand is pointed upwards in the dance to receive the heavenly blessing, which they transmit to the earth with the left hand. The followers of Mevlana lived in tekkes, also known as Mevlevihanesi. Vanmour painted the Mevlevihane that stood near the Palais de Hollande in Pera. It was the oldest in the city and consisted of a prayer hall or dance hall (semahane), rooms for the dervishes, a room and a special prayer room for their leader the sheikh, a women's section, a library, a dining hall and kitchen, a public fountain , a bell room from which the time of prayer was announced and a cemetery. The ceremony began when the leader of the Dervishes left his seat and stood at the edge of the dance floor to address his followers. Vanmour has depicted him on the right in the painting in the contemplative position he would adopt throughout the ceremony. After this, the Dervishes greeted their leader one by one, as the two men in the foreground do, and then they began their prayer. By going in circles in the same place to the rhythm of the music, they got into a trance. The dervishes wear the characteristic cylindrical hat, the goatee, and long woolen clothing that swirled around them in a beautiful circle as they turned. On the balcony, which we see above left, the flute is played. Vanmour has depicted two spectators very prominently. They stand behind the balustrade near the chair of the religious leader and their facial features are very similar to those of Patrona Halil and his accomplice Muslu Bese. It is unclear why Vanmour has depicted these protagonists from the Revolt of 1730 so prominently. It does help us with the dating of the painting, which must have been completed between October 1730 (just after the uprising) and November 1730 (the murder of Patrona Halil and his supporters).
Dervishes or Islamic saints occupied a special place in the religiously tolerant Istanbul. Like Christian monks, some derwishes roamed the countryside or the city, while others lived in communities or orders. The best-known order is that of the Mevlevi Dervishes, the followers of the philosopher and mystical poet Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273), also called Mevlana, "our master." Mevlevi derwishes try to get in touch with Allah through prayer, music and whirling dance. Their right hand is pointed upwards in the dance to receive the heavenly blessing, which they transmit to the earth with the left hand. The followers of Mevlana lived in tekkes, also known as Mevlevihanesi. Vanmour painted the Mevlevihane that stood near the Palais de Hollande in Pera. It was the oldest in the city and consisted of a prayer hall or dance hall (semahane), rooms for the dervishes, a room and a special prayer room for their leader the sheikh, a women's section, a library, a dining hall and kitchen, a public fountain , a bell room from which the time of prayer was announced and a cemetery. The ceremony began when the leader of the Dervishes left his seat and stood at the edge of the dance floor to address his followers. Vanmour has depicted him on the right in the painting in the contemplative position he would adopt throughout the ceremony. After this, the Dervishes greeted their leader one by one, as the two men in the foreground do, and then they began their prayer. By going in circles in the same place to the rhythm of the music, they got into a trance. The dervishes wear the characteristic cylindrical hat, the goatee, and long woolen clothing that swirled around them in a beautiful circle as they turned. On the balcony, which we see above left, the flute is played. Vanmour has depicted two spectators very prominently. They stand behind the balustrade near the chair of the religious leader and their facial features are very similar to those of Patrona Halil and his accomplice Muslu Bese. It is unclear why Vanmour has depicted these protagonists from the Revolt of 1730 so prominently. It does help us with the dating of the painting, which must have been completed between October 1730 (just after the uprising) and November 1730 (the murder of Patrona Halil and his supporters).
  1. (n) the like
    a similar kind "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here"
Illustrations
A large fountain in a church-like space with a cross rib vault. Three angels and Mary are standing around the fountain. She is holding the Christ child sitting on the edge of the fountain. On the far left Jozef, seen from the back, with a drinking bottle over his shoulder.
A large fountain in a church-like space with a cross rib vault. Three angels and Mary are standing around the fountain. She is holding the Christ child sitting on the edge of the fountain. On the far left Jozef, seen from the back, with a drinking bottle over his shoulder.
Linen, fragment, blue, why silver thread stretched and with silk flowers like lace with silk fringes. Germany.
Linen, fragment, blue, why silver thread stretched and with silk flowers like lace with silk fringes. Germany.
A group of six women, all from a different class, represent the six classical poets (Rokkasen), selected in the preface to the book An Anthology of the Poets of the Past and Present (Kokuwakashû). This group consists of poets from the Heian period (794-1185): Ariwara no Narihira (825-80) (with bow and arrow), Sôjô Henjô (as maiko, back left), Priest (hôshi) Kisen (seen from behind) , Ôtomo no Kuronushi (back right), Bunya no Yasuhide (with book) and Ono no Komachi (with fan). A calendar sheet (egoyomi) for the year 1798, the long and short months are shown in the fan. With six poems.
Six women like the six classical poets
A circular disk with a hare with a mortar, attached to a wooden rod with strips of paper (gohei). In the foreground a bronze bell with rope and a court cap (eboshi). The title comes from chapter 73 of the Tales of Ise and is the thoughts of a man walking past a woman's house. He can't send her a message, but thinks: I can see you with my eyes but my hands can't touch you - you really are like the cassia in the moon. With two poems.
Chapter 73: My hands cannot touch you like the cassia in the moon
Cloth with hoses. The wide horizontal rim represents a viper-like snake. The outer edge motifs are rice stalks. In the outer longitudinal bands mythological figures.
Cloth with hoses. The wide horizontal rim represents a viper-like snake. The outer edge motifs are rice stalks. In the outer longitudinal bands mythological figures.
A large tekke like the one in the diplomatic quarter of Pera included a living area, a library, a dining room and a kitchen in addition to the prayer hall. The dervishes wear the distinctive cylindrical hat, the goatee, and long woolen clothing.
A large tekke like the one in the diplomatic quarter of Pera included a living area, a library, a dining room and a kitchen in addition to the prayer hall. The dervishes wear the distinctive cylindrical hat, the goatee, and long woolen clothing.
Christ is flogged by soldiers while tied to a pillar in a temple-like room. Sixth print in a series of depictions of the Passion. Print is part of an album.
Christ is flogged by soldiers while tied to a pillar in a temple-like room. Sixth print in a series of depictions of the Passion. Print is part of an album.
Carpet, decorated with large flower-like figures connected by thin branches and intertwined here and there by the cloud bands (Tshi) originating from China, form a certain climbing ornament on a background that is half light brownish yellow, half light red. On the edge the same flower figures against a ground of dark indigo.
Carpet, decorated with large flower-like figures connected by thin branches and intertwined here and there by the cloud bands (Tshi) originating from China, form a certain climbing ornament on a background that is half light brownish yellow, half light red. On the edge the same flower figures against a ground of dark indigo.
Quotations
Act like you expect to get into the end zone.
Joe Paterno
Samuel Goldwyn
That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.
Samuel Goldwyn
The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.
Clara Bow
Marcus T. Cicero
A community is like the ones who govern it.
Marcus T. Cicero
John Gay
I must have women -- there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
John Gay
Ernest Hemingway
I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.
Ernest Hemingway
Idioms

Looks like we're the last dogs hung - When you are the last people left in the hall after an event. You look around and say..."looks like we're the last dogs hung."

No time like the present - If people say that there's no time like the present , they believe that it is far better to do something now than to leave it for later, in which case it might never get done.

Usage in the news

Motorola clearly never envisioned the likes of Redneck Island. mercurynews.com

I have been checking into the likely hood of doing a phesant hunt on this reservation. huntingclub.com

Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Terry Collins will see the likes of Adam Dunn, Justin Verlander and Billy Butler in 2013. nj.com

A utility rate hike and the likely sale of land by Lewisburg to the city's water utility are among the topics facing the City Council when it convenes on Tuesday night in City Hall. marshalltribune.com

The likeness of former President George W Bush appears on a severed head. nydailynews.com

Entertainment icons the likes of Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra have shared stories with him, but Joe Micale — owner of Beverly Hills Hair Design in South Fort Myers — will tell you that he treats every customer like a star. captivacurrent.com

Just because Republican strategist Ken Mehlman is gay and actively lobbying for marriage equality from New York to Maryland doesn't mean he's stopped supporting the likes of John Boehner. advocate.com

Beyoncé is joining the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga in expanding her perfume collection. hollywoodreporter.com

I buy the basic stuff down to our A&P, of course: ground turkey, chicken breasts and the like. downeast.com

Most of $7.8 billion goes to care of Georgians with disabilities, mental illness and the like. ajc.com

This year he surprised many by taking the lead in the renowned American Windsurfing Tour, above the likes of Kevin Pritchard and Josh Stone, Professional Windsurfing Association World Champions. hoodrivernews.com

He said my "weakness and stiffness" are the likely culprits, so I got a trainer to help me. oregonlive.com

I'm not the most comfortable with any of the other horror franchises, but have always been able to get through Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and the like. ilx.com

It's clear that Chrysler is moving in the right direction by giving the Avenger so much attention, but this car is going to need further improvement before it can compete with the likes of the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry. automobilemag.com

Randy Genung invited me to attend the dinner for the Redlands High Hall of Fame… which has apparently reached the state where it's inducting the likes of, well, Randy Genung. blog.pe.com

Usage in scientific papers

In Fig. 1b we show the values of the fit parameters as functions of R0 for a Gaussian as well as the θ -like weight factors.
Modelling Bose-Einstein effect from asymmetric sources in Monte Carlo generators

The likely source of this slight discrepancy is an underestimate of the dominant, systematic uncertainties in the 4He observations, which now seems affirmed with the CMB determination of Yp .
Precision Primordial $^4$He Measurement with CMB Experiments

In our original paper, we calculated the likely size of the Galactic DNS population in two stages.
The Cosmic Coalescence Rates for Double Neutron Star Binaries

This scatter is the likely origin of the observed dispersion of σ=0.7 in the distance modulus for Westerlund 1.
A census of the Wolf-Rayet content in Westerlund 1 from near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy

The complexity of this conceptual problem is increased by specific technical difficulties related to the presence of continuous-spectrum operators, infinite-norm states, gauge-groups having infinite volume, and the like.
Multiple-event probability in general-relativistic quantum mechanics: a discrete model

Usage in literature

Was there ever the likes of him? "Chatterbox, 1906" by Various

Now, like the Indian, he had become subdued with age and conquest; but like the Indian, too, stubborn and resentful. "Land of the Burnt Thigh" by Edith Eudora Kohl

He carried himself like an Indian and his strength was like that of the lover in Solomon's song. "Still Jim" by Honoré Willsie Morrow

Shall we not try to be like the Father of our spirits, and seek for His grace, to bear the likeness of sons? "Expositions of Holy Scripture" by Alexander Maclaren

She seemed to him like a flower in the wilderness, and aroused all the romance of his nature. "The Day of Judgment" by Joseph Hocking

I'd 'a been ashamed to be seen in the like of theirs. "The Manxman A Novel - 1895" by Hall Caine

I would like for him to remember it, because the Indian boy liked me, and an Indian killed my grandfather. "In The Boyhood of Lincoln" by Hezekiah Butterworth

He is not only to lose his own recollection of grief and wrong, but to destroy the like memory in all whom he approaches. "The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete" by John Forster

It is since spoken to such wealthy maidens upon the like occasion. "The Proverbs of Scotland" by Alexander Hislop

Everything was like a wide, blooming meadow, or like the most charming garden. "What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen

Usage in poetry
``Like the Soul of Man, like God's Word and Will,
Whence I come and whither I go,
And where I abide when my voice is still,
You know not, and never shall know.''
"The Wind Speaks" by Alfred Austin Author object (26)
Yes, love! For you of Western lands and birth
No longer know the love our blood enjoys.
You have forgoten there's a love on Earth
That burns like fire and, like all fire, destroys.
"The Scythians" by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok Author object (21)
To church then went this gallant young knight,
His bride followed after, an angel most bright,
With gay troops of ladies, the like ne'er was seen
As went with sweet Bessy of Bethnal Green.
"The Beggar's Daughter Of Bethnal Green" by Henry Morley Author object (291)
With grateful tears their well-spent day shall close,
When death like evening calls them to repose;
Then mystic smiles may break from deep disguise,
Like Vesper's torch transpiring in the skies.
"On The Consequences Of Happy Marriages" by George Moses Horton
Whiten, O whiten, ye clouds of fleece!
Whiten like lilies floating above,
Blown wild about like a flock of white geese!
But never, O never; so cease! so cease!
Never as white as the throat of my love!
"The Heart Of Spring" by Madison Julius Cawein Author object (456)
Belovèd, now are we the sons of God,
And it doth not yet appear what we shall be;
But we know that when He shall appear;
We know that when He shall appear,
We shall be like Him, we shall be like Him,
For we shall see Him as He is.
"Beloved, Now Are We" by Daniel Webster Moody