Chapter M

Magnesia on Sipylus, account of, ii. 9;
gives name to magnet, 10;
metropolitan church of, 13

Mahmoud I., events of his reign, i. xxiv

---- II. created sultan, xxv;
repulses the Russians, xxvi;
destroys the Janissaries, xxvii;
enlightened policy, xxviii

Mahomet II., i. xv;
his brutality, xvi;
death, ib.;
gate of seraglio built by, ii. 6, 7;
mosque of, 47;
translates Koran, 50

---- III., his religion and policy, i. xx;
character of, ii. 12

---- IV., his reign, i. xxi;
his fondness for flowers, xxii

Maiden Tower, ii. 91

Maritza, ii. 74

Malta, siege of, i. xviii

Market-place Tophana, i. 7;
articles of sale there, 8

Mamelukes, destruction of the, i. 27

Meander, account of river, ii. 26

Medâk or story-teller, appendage to coffee-house, i. 61;
singular talent of, ii. 72

Medea landed at Therapia on Bosphorus, i. 10;
her character inherited by her countrywomen, ib.

Meles, ruin of Smyrna, ii. 8

Melesigenes, name of Homer, ii. 4

Menagerie of Atmeidan, i. 44

Mesjid, origin of word mosque, i. 16

Michael Palæologus, i. x, xi

Minaret, steeple of mosque, i. 16;
origin of name, ib.

Miletus destroyed by Meander, ii. 27

Moldavia, hospodars of, ii. 48

Monograma on pillars, i. 16

Monastery of St. George of the Precipice, ii. 24, 25, 26

Moslems, meaning of, i. xii, 12;
take possession of Santa Sophia, ii, 47

Mosques, imperial, on seven hills, i. 6

Mosque of Sultan Achmet, i. 18, 19;
of Soliman the Magnificent, 17;
of Yeni Djami, 39;
of Santa Sophia, 45, 48;
of Eyoub, 49;
of Mahmoud, i. 75;
of Shahzadeh Djamesi, 84;
Buyuk Djami, ii. 6;
of Sultan Osman, 12;
of the Slipper, 47,
of Piri-Pasha, 61

Mount Pagus, castle of Smyrna on, ii. 7

Mordecai distinguished by robe of purple, ii. 41

Mount Mincas, ii. 80

Mourzoufle opposes crusaders with iron mace, i. ix;
thrown from top of monument, ib.;
reason of his name, xxxiii

Muezzim invites to prayer, i. 16

Murad I. & II. buried at Brusa, ii. 51

Mustapha I. dragged from a prison to a throne, i. xxxv

Mustapha II., disastrous reign, i. 22, 23, xxxvi

Mustapha III. poisoned, but survives, i. xxxvi;
called Gazi, ib.

Mustapha IV. succeeds, and murders Selim, i. xxv.;
strangled, xxxvi.

Mustapha Bairactar, fidelity of, i. xxv.

Mustapha Pasha attempts to poison Selim by ball of soap, i. 17

N

Negroponte supplies Turks with pitch and tar for navy, ii. 46

Nicephoras Flavius killed in battle against Bulgarians, i. xxxi

Nicephoras Phocas assassinated by Zemisces, i. xxxii

Nicephoras, poet, ii. 51

Nicetas escape from Crusaders, i. x

Niobe, rock representing her, ii. 11

Nizam Djettit, new corps, ii. 67

O

Obelisk of Theodosius brought from the Thebaïd, ii. 1

Oblivion, Tower of, i. 11;
anecdote of, ib.

Odalique, the favourite, ii. 79

Olga, mother of Swatislas, first Russian baptized, i. viii

Olympus, reason of name, i. 30;
snow of, part of Turkish revenue, ib.

Orchan makes Brusa his capital, i. xii;
tomb there, ii. 51

Oriental wells, description of, ii. 11

Osman, or Othman I. passes Olympus, i. xii;
from him Turks called Ottomans, xiii;
tomb at Brusa, ii. 51

Othman II. strangled by Janissaries, i. xxxv.

Osmanli, meaning of term, i. xiii;
introduce feudal system in Asia, ii. 11

Osmanie, mosque of, purely oriental, ii. 12

P

Paramythea, ii. 82

Parga, castle of, ii. 87

Papas, Greek priests, ii. 15

Paper manufactory on Bosphorus, i. 51;
veneration of Turks for, ib.

Paschmaklik, ii. 79

Passes in Balkan mountains, by Haidhos, i. 56;
by Tâtar Bazaar, i. 57;
on Bulgarian side, 73;
precautions on entering, ib.

Pausanias, the historian, ii. 11

Pazar Caïque, great ferry boat, i. 83

Pelargonium, talisman of, i. 15

Pera, promontory of, i. 2;
residence of Frank ambassadors, ib.;
joined by bridge to Constantinople, ii. 61

Pergamus, third church of the Apocalypse, parchment invented there,
i. 79;
description of, 80;
church of St. John, ii. 35, 43

Petit Champ des Morts, Turkish cemetery, i. 23, 24

Philadelphia, sixth church of the Apocalypse, still retains reason
for its name, i. 71;
called City of God by the Turks, ib.;
vigorous opposition to Turks, 72;
rampart of human bones, ib.

----, governor’s house at, ii. 92

Philippi, St. Paul meets Lydia there, ii. 41

Philopopoli, people of, collect dye-stuffs on Balkans, ii. 40

Pillar to which Christ was bound, ii. 40

Pipes, Turkish description of, i. 43

Piri Pasha takes Rhodes, ii. 60;
district called after him, 61;
built humble mosque, why, ib.

Planks, how carried through streets, i. 8

Platanus, when planted, i. 12

Pliny, remark on breadth of Bosphorus, i. 10

Poison, life of Selim I. attempted by, i. xvii

Printing first introduced among Turks, i. xxiii

Probus, emperor, locates Bastarnæ in Thrace, ii. 63

Propontis, or Sea of Marmora, i. 1; ii. 63

Princes’ Islands, called Demonesca, account of, ii. 20, 24

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Ramazan, fast of, ii. 50

Reliques of Greek church, ii. 48

Rhodes, knights of, ii. 7, 60

Risman Ben Ac Hissar, his treatise on government, ii. 12

Romania, or Roumelia, ancient Thrace, ii. 62

Roumeli-Hissar, events connected with, i. 10

Roxalana, sultana of Soliman the Magnificent, i. xviii;
causes death of his sons, i. xix

Russians attack Constantinople by sea and land, i. vii;
ascend the Balkans, ib.;
introduction of Christianity among them, viii;
advances made against Turks by, xxiv;
encamp on Giant’s Mountain, ii. 52;
advance to Adrianople

S

Sakiz-aghatz, when great fire commenced, ii. 61

Saïd-pasha married to sultan’s daughter, i. 69;
palace on the Bosphorus, ib.

St. George of Cappadocia, different accounts of, ii. 24, 25;
description of his monastery, 26

St. Paul prays on sea-shore of Ephesus, i. 63

St. Romanus, gate of, attacked by the Turks, ii. 29

Salonichi supplies Turks with gunpowder, ii. 46

Samsoun yields hemp for cordage, ii. 46

Sanndouchas in Turkish burials, ii. 49, 51

Santa Sophia mosque, erected by Constantine, to the “Eternal Wisdom
of God,” i. 45;
rebuilt by Justinian, 46;
taken possession of by Mahomet II., ib.;
beautiful aërial dome, 47;
shows symptoms of decay, 48;
overlooks gardens of seraglio, ii. 46

Saracens attack Constantinople, i. vii;
assault Smyrna, ii. 5

Sardis, fifth church of the Apocalypse, ancient and present state of,
i. 66, 68

Scio, massacre in, ii. 8

Scutari, crusaders ascend promontory, and view Constantinople from it,
i. ix;
called “City of Gold,” why, i. 74;
objects of interest in, i. 75

Selim I., character and policy, i. xvii;
singular escape, ib.;
death and epitaph, ib.;
tomb or turbé most frequented, ii. 50

Selim II., reign and character, i. xix;
Queen Elizabeth’s letter to him, xx

Selim III., his amiable character, i. xxiv;
his melancholy death, xxv;
kiosk built by him for his sister, ii. 33

Selictarli, men of the sword, ii. 65

Selymbria, ii. 74

Seraglio, description of, i. 26, 28

Seraï, caravaniers at, ii. 85

Seven Towers, i. 22, 23

Shaïnitza, ii. 84

Shipping, eastern, i. 3

Shoes, Turkish, inconvenient, i. 49

Silivria, ii. 74

Slave market, i. 38, 39

Slaves, state of female, i. 38

Smyrna, disputes concerning its founder, ii. 4;
second church of the Apocalypse, ib.;
description of its castle and statue, 7, 8;
allowed by Turks the privilege of coining money, 44;
bay of, 79

Snow, revenue of sultan derived from, i. 30

Sobieski, his successes against the Turks, i. xxi

Soliman, son of Orchan, makes first Turkish settlement in Europe,
i. xiii;
singular manner of passing the Hellespont, ib.

Soliman the Magnificent, his reign, i. xviii;
murder of his sons, xix;
called Kanuni, why, xxiv;
his mosque, 16;
mosque in honour of his son, 84;
changes dress of Greek clergy, why, ii. 15;
determination to extinguish Christianity, 60

Sou Nazir, i. 8;
Ioldgi, ib.

Souterrazi, singular species of aqueduct, i. 14

Spahi, Turkish cavalry, ii. 65

Subterranean palace, cistern, i. 15

Stamboul, origin of the name, i. xvi

Steam-boat, first introduced at Constantinople, i. 5;
sultan embarks in one, ib.;
singular display on the occasion, 6

Storks, fondness of Turks for, i. xv;
supposed by the Greeks to poison fountains, ib.;
singular mode of banishing them, ib.;
abound in Philadelphia, 71;
benevolence to small birds, ii. 36

Sublime Porte, origin of the name, i. 26

Suli, valley of, ii. 89

Suliotes, the destruction of the, ii. 90

Sultan, inauguration of, i. 49

Sultans of Constantinople, chronological account of, i. xxviii-xxxvi

Sultan’s new palace on Bosphorus, ii. 1

Sultana Valadé, ii. 47

Surré Emmini, ii. 85

Swatislas, extraordinary character, slept on snow, and eat broiled
horse-flesh, i. vii;
passes the Balkan, and proceeds to Adrianople, viii;
destroyed, with his army, in the ice, ib.;
his mother Olga baptized, ib.

Sweet Waters of Asia, i. 32;
of Europe, 58

T

Tamerlane, progress of, i. xiv;
origin of his name, ib.;
defeats Bajazet, and raises the siege of Constantinople, ib.;
dilapidates the castle of Smyrna, ii. 7;
attempts to destroy the harbour, and raises a pyramid of heads, ib.

Tarap-hané, or mint, in court of seraglio, i. 26; ii. 44

Tâtar Bazaar, route by the Balkans, i. 57

Tatavola village, ii. 44

Teos, ii. 80

Tepe Bashi, beautiful view from, ii. 58

Tepelini, ii. 84

Tersana-emini, palace of, ii. 46

Thamas Kouli Khan tries to reconcile Mahomedan sectarians, i. xxiv

Theatre at Milo, description of, ii. 17, 18;
at Hierapolis, 19, 20;
of Ephesus, 64

Themistocles retires to Magnesia, i. 10

Theodore, saint of Greek church, ii. 31;
of Siceon, ib.;
of Pergamus, 32

Theodora, ii. 75

Theodosius the Great surmounts globe with a cross, i. vi;
builds new wall round city, ib.;
erects splendid column, xxix

Theodosius II. junior, establishes schools, i. xxix;
publishes Theodosian code, ib.

Therapia, supposed to be visited by Medea, i. 10;
bishop of Derkon hanged there, 65

Thyatira, fourth church of the Apocalypse, ii. 41;
Lydia, a woman of, sells purple, ib.;
meets St. Paul at Philippi, ib.;
people led astray by Jesabel, ib.;
now called Ak Hissar, 42

Tombstones, shape of, and inscriptions on, i. 13

Toondja, ii. 74

Tophana, i. 20, 21;
mosque of Mahmoud at, 75

Top Kapousi Gate, Turks enter city by, i. 82;
number of dead brought through it to be buried in time of plague,
ii. 44

Tornova, in the Balkan, singular situation, ii. 53;
scriptures translated into Moslem Greek at, 54

Tower of Galata, i. 6;
of Janissaries, ib.

Travelling with firman, i. 76

Turbé, tombs of sultans, ii. 49;
Valadé Sultana, allowed to erect one, ib.;
regulations of, 50

Turbedar, guardian of tomb, ii. 50

Turkish coins, inscription on, ii. 44

Turks, in haste to be buried, i. 13

U

Ulemah, men of the law, order to respect them, as inheriting the gifts
of the Prophet, ii. 12

Unkiar Iskelessi, true meaning of name, i. 50;
beautiful valley of, on the Bosphorus, ib.;
paper manufactory there, 51;
danger to Franks encountered there, 52

Usdens, lawgivers of Circassia, ii. 56