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Chapter D: Daniel, robe of purple, ii. 41

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Dardanelles, ii. 20

Darius, where he crossed the Bosphorus, i. 10

Delhi Abdalla, anecdotes of, i. 5;
Capitan Pasha, ib.

Delhi Delila, description of, ii. 66

Deré beys, lords of the valleys, ii. 11

Diana, temple of, Ephesus, i. 64; ii. 42

Djami, mosque of, i. 17; ii. 49

Diocletian, his persecution, i. p. iii

Du-kirke, burying place of sultans, ii. 51

Diomedes fed his horses on human flesh, ii. 62

Diospolis, or Laodicea, ii. 86

Divan, why so called, ii. 67;
used for court of justice, ib.; galibé or council-chamber, 69;
for payment of troops, 70;
reception of foreign ministers, 71

Djuzê Khenana, reciters of the sacred page, ii. 50

Dogs in market-places, i. 8;
in Turkish cemeteries, 25

Dolma, a species of gourd, i. 8.

Domosderé, valley of boats, coal-mine at, i. 6

Druno, ii. 81

E

Ederne, ii. 74

Elizabeth, queen of England, Latin letter to Selim II. i. xx

Emir Sultan, Brusa, i. 31; ii. 47

Emperors of Constantinople, family of Constantine, i. xxviii;
of Jovian, ib.;
of Valentinianus, ib.;
of Theodosius, xxix;
of Leo, ib.;
of Anastatius, ib.;
of Justinus Thrax, ib.;
of Tiberius, ib.;
of Phocas, xxx;
of Heraclius, ib.;
of Leo Isaurus, ib.;
of Leo Armenus, xxxi;
of Michael Balbus, ib.;
of Basilius Macedo, xxxii;
of the Comneni, ib.;
of Ducas, xxxiii;
of the Frank family, ib.;
of the Palæologi, xxxiv

English commence intercourse with Turks, i. xix

Ephesus, first church of the Apocalypse, i. 63-65;
temple and amphitheatre at, 64; ii. 8-42

Execution of officers of seraglio, i. 41

Euridice, where lamented by Orpheus, ii. 62

Eyoub, or Job, three recognized by Turks, i. 48;
mosque of, 49;
inauguration of sultan, ib.;
tomb, 50;
beauty of place, ib.; ii. 33-48

Ezan, or call to prayer, i. 16

F

Fanal, or Greeks of, sent to Princes’ Islands, ii. 23;
why so called, 47

Fanariots, Greeks of Fanal, reduced in number, ii. 48

Fatimah, daughter of the prophet, emirs descended from, ii. 47;
tomb of, 83

Fire at Tophana, i. 20;
how observed and notified, i. 6

Fishing in Bosphorus, i. 40;
sultan fond of, ib.

Flowery shrubs in city, i. 7

Form of mosque, i. 16

Forum Augusti, ii. 6

Fountains erected by Turks, i. 7;
inscriptions on, ib.;
of Baloukli, ii. 29;
church erected over, ib.

Funeral, Turkish, i. 29

G

Galata, origin of name, i. xxii;
fortified by Genoese, ib. tower of, ii. 46

Galiongees, or Turkish marines, ii. 46

Gallipoli, ii. 46

Gardaki, ii. 84

Gazi Hassan saves Christians, ii. 14

Gennadius installed, by the Turks, bishop of Constantinople, ii. 13, 14

Genoese settle at Constantinople, i. xi

George, St., legend of, ii. 24;
patron of England, 25;
festival kept at British palace, ib.

Giant’s mountain, or Jouchi Daghi, called from Joshua the son of Nun,
i. 51;
Turkish legend of, ib.;
Russians encamp on, 52

Gillius, historian, ii. 2

Gionuli, or volunteers, ii. 66

Golden Horn, description of, i. 2, 3; ii. 33, 43

Goths, ii. 63

Greek, war of independence, i. xxvi.

Greek and Latin churches, cause of their animosity, i. 11;
history of Greek church, ii. 13, 14, 15, 16

Greek priest’s house at Yeni Kui, i. 65;
destruction of, i. 66

Guiuk Suey, sweet waters of Asia, i. 32;
favourite place for recreation, ib;
various lounges there, 33;
refreshments, 34

Guiumuch Hané, or silver foundery, ii. 44

Gummusch Kubbe, burial-place of sultans, ii. 51

Guzel-hissar, caravanseraï, i. 76

Gygean lake, ii. 93

H

Hagiography of modern Greeks, ii. 31

Haidhos, pass of, in Balkan mountains, i. 56

Hakim Bashi, chief physician, ii. 59

Halet Effendi, head of, exhibited on silver dish, ii. 7

Halish Oglou, healthy Armenian village, ii. 45

Hannibal, monument of, i. 28

Hasskui, residence of Jews, ii. 45;
extreme insalubrity, ib.;
description of inhabitants, ib.

Hebdomum, situation of church of St. John, ii. 35

Hebrus, now called Maritza, ii. 62

Hellena, head over gate of Smyrna, ii. 7, 8

Hermus, river of, ii. 9

Hierapolis, or Pambouk Kalesi, description of, i. 70;
deleterious exhalations of, 7;
rivers of, ii. 17-20

Hilarion, bishop of Tornova, residence on summit of Balkans, ii. 53;
translates the Bible into modern Greek, ib.

Hippodrome, or Atmeidan, description of, i. 44;
ii. 3

Houses, peculiarities of Turkish, i. 32

Hummal, or Turkish porter, his remedy for fatigue, i. 8

Hammam, Turkish baths, i. 35

Hunkair, meaning of word, i. 50;
Iskelessi, treaty of, why so called, 52

Huns, ii. 63

Hurricanes in Princes’ Islands, ii. 21

Hydralia of Greeks of the lower empire, i. 14

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