Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor / Series One and Series Two in one Volume

THE MEDITERRANEAN
AND TURKISH EMPIRE

FINIS.

FOOTNOTES:

GENERAL INDEX.

The NUMERAL letters indicate the volume; the FIGURES the page.

• A

• Abdul Hamed Khan, Historical Sketch, vol. i. page xxv
• Achmet I. his reign and policy, i. xx
• Achmet II. events of his reign, i. xxii
• Achmet III. events of his reign, i. xxxiii;
  • ii. recovers Morea from the Venetians, 6
• Acroceraunian, ii. 83
• Acropolis at Sardis, i. 66, 68; ii. 5, 7
• Adrianople, ii. 40, 44, 74
• Aiasaluk, i. 64, 65
• Ain Ali Kasa Seraï, or Palace of Mirrors, ii. 61
• Ak Hissar, or the White Castle, ii. 42
• Alexius, i. viii, ix; ii. 5
• Ali Pasha, ii. 7, 78;
  • death of, ii. 84
• Alyattes, tomb of, ii. 94
• Arda, ii. 74
• Argyro-Castro, ii. 81
• Ambassador, first resident, English, at Constantinople, i. xx;
  • foreign, imprisoned in Seven Towers, 22
• Amurath forms the corps of Janissaries, i. xiii
• Amurath III. his reign i. xx
• Amurath IV. his reign and character, i. xxi
• Ansar, tomb of, ii. 33
• Antiochus, defeated at Magnesia, ii. 41
• Andronicus Comnenus, i. xxiii;
  • Palæologus, xxxiii; ii. 10, 29
• Apollonius of Tyana, i. 15; ii. 31
• Aqueduct of Valens, i. 6; ii. 61
• Argonautic expedition, i. i
• Arrhuba, description of, i. 32, 33
• Asmé Sultana, ii. 34, 83
• Athos, monks of, ii. 16
• Atmeidan, or Hippodrome, fountain of, i. 44; ii. 6
• Aurut Bazaar, female slave-market, i. 37; ii. 57
• Aya Demetri, ii. 44
• Ayasmata, or Holy Wells, ii. 51
• Ayans, proprietors of soil, ii. ib.
• Ayos Theodoros, saint of the Greek church, ii. 31, 32

• B

• Babu Humayun, Sublime Porte, entrance to Seraglio, i. 26; ii. 6, 38
• Babec, i. 61, 62
• Bajazet, i;
  • his brutality, xiii, xiv; ii. 45, 47, 50, 51
• Balkan Mountains, i.;
  • general description of, 54, 55;
  • character of natives, 56;
  • passes by Haidhos, 56;
  • by Tâtar Bazaar, 57;
  • Bulgarian side, 73;
  • precautions in crossing, 57;
  • ii. pass of, and waterfall, 40, 63
• Balukli, place of fishes, ii. 28, 29, 30
• Baluk hané, i. 40
• Barbarossa, history of, i. xviii
• Barbyses, or Sweet Waters of Europe, i. 57, 58; ii. 43
• Barges for passengers, i. 5
• Bastarnæ, nation of, ii. 63
• Bathing, Turkish, i. 36;
  • effects of, 37
• Baths, use of in the East, i. 35;
  • description of, ib.;
  • female, 37
• Bazaars, i. 41, 43;
• Bazarjik, ii. 40
• Beggars, Turkish, i. 39
• Belgrade, ii. 92
• Bendts, reservoirs of water, i. 8;
  • precautions to preserve, 14
• Beshiktash, kiosk of sultans there, ii. 3
• Berat, ii. 15
• Bible Society, ii. 53
• Blachernæ, district of, ii. 48
• Booz Bournou, or Cape of Ice, i. 31
• Boordé, Arabian poet, ii. 50
• Bosphorus, origin of, i. 9;
  • meaning of word, 10;
  • historic events of, ib;
  • beauty of shores, 11;
  • entrance to from Black Sea, 52, description of, 53;
  • palaces on, 69;
  • rapids of, ib; ii. 20
• Brousa, warm baths, i. 28, 29; ii. 51
• Buda, ii. 75
• Bulgarians, character and habits of, i. 55, 56;
  • ii. minstrels of, 52
• Burial, Turkish ceremonies of, i. 24
• Buyuk Tchekmadgé, or Great Bridge, ii. 58, 61
• Byron, Lord, his tomb at Missolonghi, ii. 91
• Byzantium, origin of, i. p. ii;
  • taken by the Romans, iii;
  • chosen by Constantine, iv

• C

• Caffinet, interior of, i. 59, 61
• Caïques, description of, i. 4;
  • hané, ii. 46
• Cairo, ii. 44
• Caloyers, Greek monks, i. 22;
  • escape of one, 32;
  • meaning of name, ii. 15
• Candaules, king of Lydia, ii. 93
• Cannon, enormous one cast by Mahomet II. i. xiv;
  • fondness of Turks for, 20
• Cantacuzene, allows the Genoea to build a wall round Galata, i. xii, xxiv;
  • builds Joannina, ii. 78
• Calosso, Italian riding-master, ii. 66
• Cara Osman Oglou, family of, ii. 31
• Caravanseraï, description of, i. 76;
  • at Guzel-hissar, ib.
• Carpoos, water-melon, i. 8
• Capitan Pasha, ii. 59, 60
• Capi Tchocadar, found assassinated, ii. 59
• Casas Arptine presents the sultan with steam-boat, ii. 62
• Casim Pasha, district of, ii. 58, 59
• Cavac, general name for melon, i. 8
• Cemetery of Scutari, i. 12;
  • extreme beauty of, and why enlarged, 13;
  • Petit Champ des Morts, 23
• Chalcedon, building of, i. p. i;
  • called City of Blind Men, p. ii.
• Chalki, island of, ii. 21
• Chocsecen, castle of Europe, why so called, i. 11
• Chrysostom, his chair, ii. 48
• Circassia, description of, ii. 55;
  • slaves of, 56
• Cistern of Bin-bir-derek, i. 14;
  • Yéré-batan Seraï, 82, 83
• Clazomenæ, ii. 80
• Coal-mine, i. 6
• Comneni, family of, i. xxxii; ii. 7
• Confectionary, Turkish, i. 34
• Constantine, his conversion and success, i. p. iii;
  • family of, xxviii; ii. 35, 52
• Constantinople, building of, i. v;
  • enlarged by Theodosius, vi;
  • attacked by Saracens, vii;
  • taken by crusaders, ix;
  • devastation of, x;
  • recovered by Greeks, xi;
  • visited by Genoese, ib;
  • taken by Mahomet II. xv;
  • emperors and sultans of, from time of dedication to present day, xxviii., xxxvi;
  • view of Golden Horn, i;
  • description of, 1, 2;
  • objects which strike a stranger in, 59, 60;
  • halls of, 81; ii. 45, 46, 58
• Crescent, origin of, i. p. ii.
• Crete, taken by Mahomet IV. i. 21
• Cross on Turkish flags, i. 6
• Crusaders, i. viii;
  • barbarity, ix, x;
  • where crossed the Bosphorus, 10
• Cybele, statue of, ii. 11
• Cyclades of Propontis, ii. 20;
  • anchored in, by Admiral Duckworth, 21;
  • resorted to in time of plague, 22
• Cypress, funeral tree of Turks, why, i. 12;
  • attains a magnificent size, ib.

• D

• Daniel, robe of purple, ii. 41
• 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 Princess’ 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 Princess’ Islands, ii. 21
• Hydralia of Greeks of the lower empire, i. 14

• I

• Iconoclasts, image-breakers, ii. 32
• Inauguration of the sultan, i. 49
• Irené, death of, i. xvi.;
  • widow of II. Leo builds a monastery on Princess’ Islands, ii. 20
• Islam, the meaning of, i. xii
• Istambol-dichare, extra-mural quarter of Constantinople, ii. 47

• J

• Janissaries, origin of corps, i. xiii;
  • destruction of, xxvi, xxvii;
  • devastation of tombs, 24;
  • headless bodies arranged in street, ii. 39, 40;
  • adherents attempt to burn city, 61
• Jason, Columbus of the ancient world, i. p. i, ii. 56;
  • name preserved in Bosphorus, 10
• Jews encouraged by Selim, i. xvii;
  • came from Spain, ib.;
  • similarity of usages to Turks, ib.;
  • settlement at Hasskui, ii. 45
• Joannina, ii. 78
• Johannes I., Jesabel of Thyatira, lead people astray, ii. 41;
  • Johannes Zemisces, i. xxxii;
  • Johannes II. Comnenus, xxxiii;
  • Johannes III. Cantacuzene, xxxiv;
  • Johannes IV. Palæologus, ib.;
  • Johannes V. Palæologus, ib.;
  • Johannes Zemisces, ii. 31;
  • poet with flowing hair, 51
• Job, Turkish account of, i. 48, 49
• Jovian emperor restores Christianity, i. vi;
  • family of, xxviii
• Jouchi Daghi, Giant’s Mountain, i. 51
• Julian, the apostate, i. p. v, vi, xxviii

• K

• Kalifs, lineal descendants of prophet, ii. 50
• Keab, veil of, ii. 49
• Kef, Marjam, ii. 76
• Kiorod, son of Bajazet, ii. 10
• Kislas, janissaries’ barracks, ii. 67
• Kislar Aga, chief of black eunuchs, ii. 57
• Kiz Koulasi, or Maiden’s Tower, legend of, i. 83, 84
• Kiz Achmet, ii. 73
• Kiuprili, his singular fortune, i. xxii
• Kleftes, ii. 84
• Kolokithia, name of gourd, i. 8
• Kombaragees, barrack of, ii. 44
• Koran not allowed to be printed, why, i. 51;
  • various precepts of, ii. 18;
  • translated by sultans, 60;
  • hung up in turbés, 51

• L

• Laodicea, seventh church of the Apocalypse, 86
• Laodicea, ruins of, 86
• Lecapenus Romanus, i. xxxi;
  • daughter named in church of Baloukli, ii. 29
• Leander’s Tower, i. 83. See Kiz Koulasi.
• Lorenzo, an Italian, made Hakim Bashi, ii. 59;
  • excites the Sultan’s anger, 60;
  • found strangled, ib.
• Lycia, knights receive notice to leave Rhodes from, ii. 60
• Lydia, seller of purple, from Thyatira, ii. 41

• 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
• Princess’ Islands, called Demonesca, account of, ii. 20, 24

• R

• 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

• V

• Vacilesso, ii. 84
• Valens, burnt to death by Goths, i. xxviii;
  • aqueduct of, 6;
  • prophetic stone, 15;
  • invite Goths to settle in Thrace, ii. 63
• Venetians, cruel punishment of, i. 10;
  • first sent mirrors to Constantinople, ii. 61

• W

• Wall of Constantinople, i. 81
• Wallachia, hospodars of, elected from seven families of Greek princes, ii. 48
• Water provided by Turks for all animals, i. 34;
  • fondness of Moslems for it, why, ib.
• Women, souls of, i. 13;
  • tombstones without heads, ib.;
  • their affection for the dead, how shown, 14

• X

• Xenophon, where he crossed the Bosphorus, i. 10

• Y

• Yali Kiosk, where deposed ministers wait to know their fate, i. 28
• Youart, great consumption of, i. 33;
  • how to make it, ib.
• Yelan Seraï, palace of the serpent, ii. 43
• Yeni Djami, mosque of, i. 39
• Yeni Kui, priest’s house of, on Bosphorus, i. 65;
  • waterfall at in Balkans, ii. 40
• Yéré Batan Seraï, cistern of, i. 15;
  • extraordinary tales of, 82
• Yeschie Imareh, tomb there, ii. 51

• Z

• Zaims and Timariots, feudal nobility, ii. 11, 65