Constantinople, v. 2 (of 2)

INDEX.

• A.
• Abd-el-Murad, warrior dervish, 146.
• Adul-Aziz, at fire of 1870, ii. 84;
• confined in cage, ii. 180;
• conspiracies against, 291;
• early tastes, 288;
• extravagance, 289;
• fears poison and fire, 290;
• greed for money, 287;
• hopes built upon, 288;
• influence of mother, 290;
• kiosk of, ii. 289;
• mosque erected by mother of, ii. 275;
• personal appearance, 292;
• removes pavement, 90;
• strength of will, 290;
• studies, 288;
• violent temper, 288.
• Abdul-Baki, “the Immortal,” verses of, ii. 196.
• Abdul-Mejid, abandons Seraglio, ii. 145;
• kiosk erected by mother of, ii. 279;
• mosque of, 281;
• transports dogs, 174.
• Abu Eyûb, mausoleum of, standard-bearer of the Prophet, ii. 230.
• Abu-sud, poems of, ii. 196.
• Acheenese, war of the, with Holland, 78.
• Acropolis of Byzantium, 69;
• site of the, ii. 146.
• Admiral Balta-Ogli, ii. 112.
• Admiralty building, 105.
• Adrianopolis, gate, ii. 109;
• station, ii. 135.
• Ahmed, mosque of Sultan, 29;
• situation, 69;
• standard of the Prophet, ii. 218.
• Ahmed I., efforts to suppress drinking, 216;
• first kadyn of, strangles her rival, ii. 198.
• Ahmed II., stupidity of, 169.
• Ahmed III., confines Venetian envoys, ii. 130;
• fountain of, description, 251, ii. 150.
• Alai kiosk, ii. 205.
• Albanian village, ii. 277.
• Alexius Comnenus, enters by Charsian gate, ii. 108;
• widow of, ii. 200.
• Alhambra theatre, 211.
• Ali the Fat, grand vizier, 169.
• Ali of Tepelen and the dervish, 287;
• burial-place of head, ii. 123;
• inscription to, ii. 124.
• Allori di Stefano, ancient valley of the, ii. 273.
• Ambassadors confined in dungeon tower, ii. 130;
• pinioned in presence of sultan, 166.
• Amycus, king of Bebryces, defeated by Argonauts, ii. 283;
• grave of, ii. 291.
• Anadoli Fanar, ii. 295.
• Anadoli Hissar, ii. 279.
• Anaplus, ii. 276.
• Anastasian Wall, ii. 295.
• Anatolia, ancient, 18.
• Anchor, village of the, ii. 276.
• Andronicus Palæologus, 123.
• Anthemius of Tralles, architect of St. Sophia, 271.
• Anthemius, towers erected by the prefect, 120.
• Apollo, statue of, 70.
• Apostles, Church of the Holy, 71.
• Aqueduct of Valens, 70.
• Arcadeus, baths of, 69;
• column of, 72;
• forum of, 72;
• pedestal of the column of, 74.
• Archers, the three hundred Genoese, ii. 117.
• Architects of St. Sophia, 271.
• Argonauts, temple and statue of the, ii. 283.
• Armenian cemetery, 98;
• gravestones, 98.
• Armenians, the, 228;
• appearance 229;
• character, 229;
• dress, 229;
• habits, 230;
• intelligence, 230;
• strength, 230;
• women, 231.
• Army of Muhammad III., 192.
• Army, recruits, 190;
• single picturesque feature of Turkish, 190;
• uniform, 188.
• Arnaût-Keui, ii. 277.
• Arsenal of Tersâne, 105.
• Art, examples of renaissance of Turkish, 96, ii. 218.
• Associations, 165.
• At-Meidan, situation of the, 69.
• Augusteon of Justinian, ii. 218.
• Avars besiege Constantinople, ii. 109.
• Ayesha, favorite wife of the Prophet, 168.
• B.
• Bâb-el-Selam, Gate of Health, ii. 163.
• Bâb-i-Humayûn, Imperial Gate, ii. 149.
• Bâb-i-Sâdet, Gate of Felicity, ii. 170.
• Balat, 72, 234.
• Balkans, the Little, ii. 294.
• Balta-Ogli, Admiral, ii. 112.
• Balukli cemetery, burial-place of head of Ali Pasha, ii. 123;
• church, 167;
• holy well, 167, ii. 124;
• monastery, ii. 123.
• Bandits of Hassin the Mad, 190.
• Barbarossa, tomb of, ii. 273.
• Barrack built by Shalil Pasha, 96.
• Bath, abuse of the, ii. 13;
• the Turkish, 237;
• women at the, ii. 62.
• Bath-houses, 237.
• Bath-room of the Sultan, ii. 227.
• Baths of Muhammad, 71;
• of Selim II., ii. 182.
• Battery, the Seraglio, ii. 203.
• Battle-cry, the Mussulman, ii. 116.
• Bayezid I., first to use wine, 215;
• surnamed the Thunderbolt, 212.
• Bayezid II., intemperance of, 216.
• Bayezid Ilderim, ii. 279.
• Bayezidiyeh, ii. 218.
• Bazâr, the Great, 129.
• Bazârs, armory, 145;
• Baluk, 123;
• bargaining in the, 137;
• cutlery, 150;
• china, 150;
• embroidery, 150;
• Egyptian, 126;
• fez, 149;
• fur, 150;
• gold thread, 150;
• household utensils, 150;
• jewelry, 135;
• old clothes, 148;
• perfumery, 134;
• pipe, 133;
• shoe, 142;
• slave, 71;
• tailors, 150;
• Valley of, 70.
• Beauty of Turkish women, ii. 13.
• Bebek, ii. 278.
• Bebryces, king of, defeated by Pollux, ii. 283, ii. 286;
• grave, ii. 291.
• Beikos, ii. 286.
• Belle Vue, café. 97.
• Belgrâd, forest of, ii. 291.
• Beshiktash, ii. 273.
• Beuyük Limân, ii. 294.
• Beylerbey, palace and village of, ii. 274.
• Binbûr, dry cistern of, 222.
• Birds, 164;
• how regarded by the Turks, 165;
• influences ascribed to, 165;
• legacies for support of, 164.
• Bishop, legend of the Greek, 272.
• Blachernæ, palace and suburb, 72.
• Blood, Well of, ii. 130.
• Bloody Prison, ii. 130.
• Blue River, 279.
• Boatmen, 118;
• keep the feast of Ramazân, 220.
• Bochiardi, Paolo and Antonino Troilo, ii. 109.
• Bosphorus, crowning glory of the, ii. 290;
• important point on the, ii. 293;
• narrowest part of the, ii. 281.
• Bow of the Prophet, ii. 183.
• Brancovano, family of, executed, 166;
• younger son of, in Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 134.
• Breaches, Muhammad II. makes three in the walls, ii. 123.
• Bread kissed before meals, 215.
• Brick under head of Bayezid, ii. 237.
• Bricks used in construction of dome of St. Sophia, 261.
• Bridge constructed by Mandrokles, ii. 281.
• Bridge, the Galata, 45;
• amusing incidents, 51;
• contrasts of dress, 55;
• foot-wear, 48;
• nakedness, 53;
• religions represented, 50;
• situation, 45;
• spectacle afforded by, 46;
• sunrise from, ii. 75;
• variety of nationalities, 46, 53, 54.
• Bridge Sirat, the, 170.
• Bridges formerly across the Golden Horn, 114, 116.
• Brusa, the great scholar of, 168.
• Bûlgurlû, Mt., ii. 274.
• Burnt Column of Constantine, 70.
• Buyukdereh, bay and town of, ii. 290.
• Byzantium, ancient, cemetery of, 88;
• citadel of, ii. 127;
• confines of, 69.
• C.
• Café Belle Vue, 97.
• Cafés, Turkish, 106.
• Cage, the, ii. 179.
• Cambronne’s word, 204.
• Cannon Gate, ii. 114.
• Cannon Kiosk, ii. 204.
• Caristo, Teodoro di, ii. 108.
• Carriages, odalisque of the hundred silver, ii. 193.
• Castles, Genoese, ii. 294;
• of the Seven Towers, ii. 127.
• Cavern, the Rocky, ii. 130.
• Cemeteries, Armenian, 98;
• Galata, 91;
• largest Jewish, 116;
• Skutari, ii. 224.
• Chalcedon founded by the Megarians, 25.
• Chalcedons erect temple to Jupiter, ii. 293.
• Chamlejah, view from Mount, ii. 241.
• Champs, Grands, des Morts, 97.
• Character, the Turkish, ii. 254.
• Charsian Gate, used by Justinian and Alexius Comnenus, ii. 108.
• Charsiou Gate, 72.
• Chateaubriand, on arrival at Constantinople, 12.
• Cheating, how formerly punished, 225.
• Chengel, Village of the Anchor, ii. 276.
• Cheragan Palace, ii. 226, ii. 274.
• Chibûkli, ii. 284.
• Children, illegitimate, ii. 37;
• in the harem, ii. 48.
• Chio, scented gum of, 134.
• Christian settlements, encroachments of, 39.
• Christianity and Islamism, differences between, 217;
• the struggle between, 38.
• Churches, Balukli, 167;
• that erected by Empress Pulcheria, 72;
• St. Irene, 74, ii. 152;
• of the Holy Apostles, 71.
• Cisterns, of Constantine, 74, ii. 220;
• Binbûr, ii. 222;
• St. Peter, 71.
• Citadel of ancient Byzantium, ii. 127.
• Civilization, how regarded by the Turks, ii. 257;
• the effects of, ii. 259;
• progress of, ii. 266.
• Coffee, use of, in Constantinople, 106.
• College, American Protestant, ii. 280;
• for imperial pages, ii. 178.
• Colors, law prescribing the use of, 222.
• Columns, Augusteon and palace of Justinian, 218;
• the Burnt, of Constantine, 70;
• Granite, of Marcian, 71;
• Golden in Validêh Sultan mosque, ii. 218;
• serpentine, 167;
• St. Sophia, 262;
• Theodosius, ii. 202.
• Constantine at San Romano Gate, ii. 117;
• death of, ii. 119;
• remonstrates with Muhammad II., ii. 281;
• inscriptions of soldiers of, in Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 129.
• Constantine, Ciro, inscription of, ii. 121;
• towers erected by, ii. 120.
• Constantine the Great, Burnt Column of, 70;
• cistern, 74, ii. 220;
• cohorts, 71;
• founds St. Irene, ii. 152;
• likeness of, 70.
• Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Turkish name for palace of, 72.
• Constantines, site of ancient palace of the, 70.
• Constitution, the new, signed, ii. 204.
• Cooking, Turkish, 212.
• Corruption of Turkish vs. European society, ii. 38.
• Costumes, 169;
• articles of Turkish ladies’, 132.
• Coswa, camel of Mohammed, 169.
• Cottaneo, Maurizio, ii. 123.
• Court of the Janissaries, ii. 151.
• Crimea, ceded to Russia, ii. 204;
• frigates of the, 105.
• Criminals, state, heads exhibited, ii. 150.
• Crusaders, encampment on the Bosphorus, ii. 291.
• Current, Devil’s, ii. 281;
• great, ii. 281.
• Customs of modern vs. old-time Turk, 170.
• D.
• Darius crosses the Bosphorus, ii. 281.
• David, quotation from, stamped;
• on bricks of St. Sophia, 261.
• Death, idea of rendered agreeable, ii. 231.
• Deli Tabia, fort of, ii. 293.
• Delphic Oracle names the Megarians “the Blind,” 25.
• Demonisi of the ancients, 17.
• Dervishes, description of the dancing, ii. 239;
• fekkeh, ii. 239.
• Devil’s Current, ii. 281.
• Dignity of Turkish men, ii. 252.
• Divân, hall of the, ii. 167;
• sessions of the, ii. 167.
• Divorce, facility of, ii. 37;
• law about remarriage, ii. 55.
• Djiemal-eddin, the scholar of Brusa, 168.
• Dmitri, San, 101.
• Dogs, cruel custom regarding, 180;
• hunting, of Bayezid, 179;
• legacies for support of, 174;
• laziness, 175;
• pronounced unclean, 174;
• transported from Constantinople, 174;
• why protected by the Turks, 174.
• Door, bronze, of Seraglio library, ii. 178.
• Dress, laws controlling, 223;
• of modern and old-fashioned Turk, 170;
• of women, ii. 24.
• Drinking, common among the Sultans, 215;
• efforts to suppress, 216.
• Drowning of members of Mustafa’s harem, 166.
• Dwelling, divisions of the Turkish, ii. 29.
• E.
• Echo, a famous, ii. 278.
• Egri Kapou, ii. 105, ii. 108.
• Egyptian Bazâr, 126.
• Elephant, Promontory of the, ii. 294.
• Emin Baba, patron saint of the Janissaries, ii. 234.
• Ensign of the Prophet, green, 194, ii. 183, ii. 218.
• Epepolin, the, ii. 112.
• Erizzo, governor of Negropont, daughter of, stabbed, ii. 200.
• Et-Meidan, scene of massacre of the Janissaries, 71.
• Eunuchs, 181;
• anecdote, 187;
• character, 186;
• dress, 182, 183;
• names, 185;
• never seen to laugh, 183;
• marriages, 186;
• miseries, 185;
• striking a French officer, 185;
• personal appearance, 182, 183;
• power waning, 182;
• traffic denounced by Koran and prohibited by law, 181;
• unwilling victims, 182.
• Europeans, how regarded by Turks, ii. 256.
• Existence in Constantinople, 204;
• freedom of, 206.
• Eyûb, 73, 117, ii. 229;
• mausoleum of Abu, ii. 230;
• mosque, ii. 230;
• sword of Osman, ii. 230.
• F.
• Fall of Constantinople described, ii. 115.
• Family, the, ii. 33.
• Fekkeh of dancing dervishes, ii. 239.
• Ferajah, ii. 11.
• Fez, bazâr, 149;
• disadvantages of the, 189;
• emblem of reform, ii. 236;
• of Mahmûd, ii. 236.
• Fighani, the poet, punished for a lampoon, 169.
• Fire, alarm of, from Galata Tower, ii. 80;
• from Serasker Tower, 242, ii. 80;
• from Topkhâneh, ii. 80;
• causes of, ii. 97;
• description of the, of 1870, ii. 73;
• former law about extinction of, ii. 79;
• how formerly announced to the Sultan, ii. 99;
• in the Seraglio, ii. 147;
• lookout for, on Galata Tower, 90;
• of 1756, ii. 92.
• Fire-brigade, ii. 96.
• Firemen, appearance, ii. 76;
• want of discipline, ii. 80.
• Fish, the miraculous, of Balukli, 167, ii. 124;
• still plentiful, 123;
• varieties of, 124.
• Fish-market, 123.
• Flag of the Prophet, the sacred, 194, ii. 183, ii. 218.
• Fortifications, ii. 106.
• Fortress of Muhammad II., ii. 281.
• Forum, Cattle, ii. 138.
• Forum, centre of the, marked by a column, 70.
• Forum of Arcadeus, 72.
• Fountain of Ahmed III., 251, ii. 150;
• inscription of, 252.
• Fountains of Pera, kept locked, ii. 79.
• Francesco di Toledo, ii. 117.
• Frank, language, 209;
• shops, 137.
• Fuad Pasha, called the Ottoman Lamartine, ii. 282;
• villa of, ii. 282.
• Funeral, Greek, 100.
• Fuzuli, songs of, ii. 196.
• G.
• Galata, 88;
• the Genoese in, 88;
• street-cries, 89;
• the tower of, 90.
• Gardens, Vlanga, ii. 138.
• Gates, Adrianopolis, ii. 109;
• Bâb-el-Selam, 163;
• Bâb-i-Humayûn, 149;
• Blachernæ, ii. 117;
• Cannon, ii. 114;
• Charsian, ii. 108;
• Charsiou, 72;
• Deuterou, ii. 127;
• Egri Kapou, ii. 105, ii. 108;
• Golden, ii. 117;
• Heptapyrgion, ii. 117;
• Melandesias, ii. 127;
• Pempti, ii. 114;
• Polyandrion, ii. 109;
• Psmatia, ii. 138;
• Rusiou, ii. 117;
• San Romano, ii. 118;
• Selymbria, ii. 117;
• Silivri, ii. 123;
• Tetarte, ii. 120;
• Theodosian, 72, ii. 138;
• Tou Tritou, ii. 117, ii. 122;
• Yeni Mevlevi, ii. 120.
• Gautier, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Gazali, the verses of, ii. 196.
• Genoese archers, ii. 117;
• castles on the Bosphorus, ii. 294;
• in Galata, the, 88;
• tower erected in memory of the, 91.
• Ghaznefér Agha, chief of White Eunuchs, 182.
• Ghetto of Balat, 72, 234;
• of Haskeui, 114.
• Giants’ Mountain, ii. 291.
• Giuliani the Florentine defends citadel, ii. 129.
• Giusti, ii. 17.
• Godfrey de Bouillon, plane tree of, ii. 291.
• Gods, temple of the Twelve, ii. 293.
• Golden Gate legend, ii. 128;
• used by Heraclius and Narsetes, ii. 128.
• Golden Horn, along the, 87;
• why so called, 18.
• Golden Room of Byzantine emperors, ii. 183.
• Goths, Constantine’s forty thousand, 71;
• seventh cohort, 71.
• Grave of Amycus, ii. 291.
• Graves formerly dug everywhere, 225;
• Mussulman, 92.
• Gravestones, Armenian, 98;
• Mussulman, 91.
• Greant, Giovanni, ii. 108.
• Greek funeral, 100;
• women, 233.
• Greeks, the, 231.
• Green ensign of the Prophet, 194, ii. 183, ii. 218.
• Gül-Khâneh, Hatti Sherif of, ii. 204.
• Guns, Orbano’s, ii. 107, ii. 108.
• Gustinian di Toledo, ii. 117;
• wounded, ii. 118.
• Gypopolis, rock of, ii. 294.
• Gypsy encampment in the walls, ii. 114.
• H.
• Hafiz, murder of, grand vizier of Murad IV., ii. 173.
• Haidar Pasha, plain of, ii. 225.
• Hall of the Divân, ii. 165;
• described, ii. 167.
• Hanum, a, shopping, 144.
• Harem, children in the, ii. 48;
• decorations, ii. 27;
• husbands in the, ii. 30;
• imperial, ii. 184;
• monotonous life of the, ii. 44;
• of a conservative Turk, ii. 51;
• of a liberal Turk, ii. 49;
• peaceful, ii. 44;
• summer, ii. 203;
• stormy, ii. 47;
• visit to a, ii. 43;
• with several wives, ii. 47.
• Harpies in palace of Phineas, ii. 294.
• Haskeui, 113.
• Hassan d’Olubad, the Janissary, first to scale the walls, ii. 118.
• Hassan Pasha, kiosk of, ii. 204.
• Hassin the Mad, 190.
• Hatti Sherif, signed, ii. 204.
• Hebdoman quarter, origin of name, 71.
• Hebrews, 234;
• degradation, 235;
• early marriages, 236;
• filthy habits, 236;
• laziness, 236.
• Helena, Empress, founds Church of Holy Apostles, 71.
• Hera, the gad-flies of, ii. 274.
• Heraclius, ii. 109.
• Hercules, the couch of, ii. 291.
• Hermæon, Mt., ii. 280.
• Hippodrome, the, now a horse-market, 74;
• site, 69.
• Holidays, 198.
• Holy War, standard of the, ii. 183.
• Horn, the Golden, 87;
• name, 18.
• Horse-tail, significance of the, ii. 176.
• Hotel, at the, 74;
• dinner at the, 76.
• Houses, construction, ii. 96;
• divisions of Turkish, ii. 29;
• elegant, ii. 27;
• plain, ii. 28.
• Hugo, Victor, ballads of, ii. 10.
• Humayûn-Habid, kiosk of, ii. 278.
• Hunkiar Iskelesi, ii. 288, ii. 289.
• Husbands, intercourse between, and wives, ii. 29.
• I.
• Ibrahim, chief eunuch of, 186;
• death, ii. 180;
• extravagant acts, ii. 186;
• grand vizier of, lampooned, 169;
• love for Armenian slave, ii. 200;
• tomb, 255.
• Igiadié, hill of, ii. 279.
• Ilderim, Bayezid, ii. 279.
• Illegitimate children, ii. 37.
• Imperial Gate of Seraglio, ii. 149.
• Indolence of the Turk, 199.
• Injir Keui, the fig village, ii. 286.
• Inkstand of Muhammad II., 178.
• Inscriptions by Kara Hissari, ii.218;
• in St. Sophia, 260;
• of Justinian II. and Sophia, ii. 121;
• on fountain of Sultan Ahmed, 252;
• on gate of Muhammad II., 150.
• Insurrections of the Janissaries, ii. 172.
• Intellect of the Turk, ii. 265.
• Io, the heifer, ii. 274.
• Irene, church of St., 74;
• founded by Constantine, ii. 152.
• Isidorus of Miletus, architect of St. Sophia, 271.
• Islamism and Christianity, differences between, 217;
• struggle between, 38.
• Istavros, ii. 274.
• Italian language, 208;
• literature, 210;
• newspapers, 207;
• population, 207.
• Italians, the, 207.
• J.
• Jami, the mosque proper, ii. 219.
• Janissaries, Court of the, ii. 151;
• exterminated by Mahmûd, ii. 234;
• museum, ii. 232;
• plane tree, ii. 152;
• patron saint, ii. 234;
• revolts of the, ii. 172;
• scene of massacre of, 71.
• Janissary, Hassan d’Olubad the, first to scale the walls, ii. 118.
• Jason, ii. 276.
• Jewish cemetery, view from the, 116.
• Jews, the, 234.
• Joshua, tomb of, ii. 291.
• Judge, anecdote of a Turkish, 204;
• village of the, 25.
• Jupiter, temple of, turned into a church, ii. 293;
• temple of, in Byzantium, 69.
• Justinian builds St. Sophia, 261;
• converts temple of Jupiter into a church, ii. 293;
• exclamation on completion of St. Sophia, 266;
• palace of, ii. 218;
• paving laid by, ii. 123;
• victorious entry through Charsian Gate, ii. 108.
• Justinian II. and Sophia, inscription of, ii. 121.
• K.
• Kaaba, relics of the, ii. 183.
• Kadi-Keui, 25.
• Kadyns, execution of the three, of Selim III., ii. 198;
• power of the seven, of Murad III., ii. 193;
• recognized position of, ii. 184.
• Käiks, 118;
• a cure for low spirits, 246.
• Kalender, bay of, ii. 285.
• Kaliji Oghlu, 115.
• Kandili, ii. 279.
• Kaneijeh, ii. 282.
• Kara-Abderrahman, the handsome Turk, 168.
• Kara-bulut, charger of Selim, 169.
• Kara-Gyuz, 211;
• the performance of, 212, ii. 49, ii. 59.
• Kara-Hissari, inscriptions of, ii. 218.
• Kassim Pasha, 104;
• view from, 105.
• Kefeli, village, ii. 290.
• Kesem, the beautiful Grecian, ii. 200.
• Khalifs, advice of Koran when there are two, ii. 180.
• Khurrem, the favorite of Suleiman, ii. 200.
• Kibab, a Turkish dish, 213.
• Kief, described, ii. 253.
• Kiosks, Abdul-Aziz, ii. 289;
• Alai, ii. 205;
• Cannon, ii. 204;
• Hassan Pasha, ii. 204;
• Humayûn-Habad, ii. 278;
• looking-glass, ii. 204;
• mother of Abdul-Mejid, ii. 279;
• Murad IV., ii. 276;
• new, ii. 204;
• review, ii. 205;
• roses, ii. 204;
• sea, ii. 204;
• Seped Giler, ii. 205;
• Yali, ii. 204.
• Koran, on Stambul, 15;
• on treatment of animals, 174;
• pronounces dogs unclean, 174;
• where there are two khalifs, ii. 180.
• Krio-Nero, valley of, ii. 289.
• Kulehli, ii. 276.
• Kuni Kapu quarter, ii. 139.
• Kuru Chesmeh, village, ii. 276.
• Kuzgunjik, ii. 274.
• Kyklobion, the, ii. 127.
• L.
• La Croix, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Lamartine, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Lamartine, the Ottoman, ii. 282.
• Language, flowers, ii. 23;
• gestures, ii. 24;
• limitations of the Turkish, ii. 265;
• objects, ii. 23.
• Laurel tree, planted by Medea, ii. 276;
• the enchanted, ii. 286.
• Legend of the Greek bishop, 272.
• Legions elevate emperors on their shields, 73.
• Leopardi, reference to a poem by, ii. 136.
• Library, Seraglio, ii. 178.
• Looking-glass Kiosk, ii. 204.
• Love-making among the Turks, ii. 22.
• Lycus, the river, point at which it enters the city, 72, ii. 114.
• M.
• Mad, Hassin the, bandits of, 190.
• Madman of Pera, 95, ii. 77.
• Mahmûd, mosque of, ii. 218.
• Mahmûd new palace of Sultan, ii. 203.
• Mahmûd II., builds Serasker Tower, 242;
• rebuilds Galata Tower, 91.
• Mahmûd, the Reformer, 212;
• destroys corps of Janissaries, ii. 234;
• fez on tomb of, ii. 236;
• kills the dervish, 167;
• türbeh of, ii. 235;
• relic of imprisonment of, ii. 236.
• Mahmûd Pasha strangles Suleiman’s son, 169.
• Maiden’s Tower, 80.
• Makpeiker, kadyn of the 2700 shawls, ii. 193.
• Mandrokles of Samos, ii. 281.
• Mandsacchio, ancient bay of, 105.
• Mantle of the Prophet, ii. 183.
• Marcellus, Viscount de, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Marcian, granite column of, 71.
• Mare Cimmerium, ii. 294.
• Marhfiruz, ii. 201.
• Marmora, dogs sent to island of, 174.
• Massacre of the Janissaries, scene of the, 71.
• Mausoleum of Abu Eyûb, ii. 230.
• Mecca, witch of, 168.
• Medea, landing-place, ii. 276;
• laurel tree, ii. 276;
• poisons, ii. 288.
• Megarians surnamed “the Blind,” 25.
• Men, Turkish, ii. 249;
• behavior in public, ii. 252;
• belief in their national superiority, ii. 257;
• character, 211;
• courage, ii. 264;
• dignity, ii. 250;
• fatalism, ii. 254, ii. 256;
• gratitude, ii.263;
• hospitality, ii. 263;
• how esteemed by Europeans, ii. 262;
• ideal state of happiness, ii. 254;
• intellect, ii. 265;
• intercourse with Europeans, ii. 265, ii. 266;
• kindness to animals, 174, ii. 263;
• liberality, ii. 263;
• never seen with women, 211, ii. 18;
• opinion of civilization, ii. 257;
• of Europeans, ii. 256;
• physical traits, ii. 251;
• religious feeling, ii. 262;
• reserve about private life, 211;
• reverence for the dead, ii. 263;
• savage nature, ii. 263;
• sensuality, 211;
• social life, ii. 264.
• Menelaos, ii. 59.
• Meretricia, temple of Venus, ii. 293.
• Mevlevi, or dancing dervishes, ii. 239.
• Michael the Archangel, church of St., ii. 293.
• Mihrab, 259.
• Miliklia, influence over Osman II., ii. 201.
• Minarets, 111;
• Ahmediyeh, ii. 217;
• Shazadeh mosque, ii. 218;
• St. Sophia, 254, 255.
• Mohammed, 217;
• appearance, 217;
• camel, 169;
• character, 217;
• paradise, 218;
• polygamy, 218, ii. 67;
• chooses human voice, 110;
• three preferences, 134;
• sayings of, paraphrased, 134.
• Monasteries, Balukli, ii. 123;
• of the Sleepless, ii. 284;
• Yeni Mevlevi, ii. 120.
• Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, on Constantinople, 12;
• on liberty of Turkish vs. European women, ii. 17.
• Morean War, ii. 130.
• Mount Chamlejah, view from, ii. 241.
• Mountain, the Giants, ii. 291.
• Mosque proper, jami, the, ii. 219.
• Mosques, Ahmediyeh, 69, ii. 217;
• Abdul-Mejid, 218;
• Bayezid, ii. 218;
• Eyûb, ii. 230;
• Mahmûd, ii. 218;
• Muhammad, 71, ii. 218;
• Nûri Osmaniyeh, 70;
• Ok Serai, ii. 218;
• Osman, ii. 218;
• Selimiyeh, 71, ii. 218;
• Shazadeh, ii. 218;
• St. Sophia, 249;
• Suleiman, 70, ii. 217;
• Validêh Sultan, ii. 218.
• Mosques, characteristics, ii. 216;
• copies of St. Sophia, ii. 216;
• interiors, ii. 219.
• Mosques of the Sultans, 66.
• Muezzins, 109.
• Muftis, mortuary temple of the, ii. 230.
• Muhammad II. at Adrianople, 16;
• banners, 259;
• baths, 71;
• castle, ii. 279;
• discovers grave of Eyûb, ii. 230;
• dogs escort, 174;
• erects Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 127;
• fortress of Rumili Hissar, ii. 281;
• minaret of St. Sophia, 255;
• finds anchor, ii. 276;
• headquarters during siege, ii. 110;
• imprint of hand in St. Sophia, 272;
• inkstand, ii. 178;
• inscriptions on Seraglio gate, ii. 150;
• lays foundations of Seraglio, ii. 145;
• mosque, 29, 71, ii. 218;
• takes possession of St. Sophia, 277;
• quotes Persian poet, ii. 210;
• sabre-stroke on Serpentine Column, 167;
• sends back envoys of Constantine, ii. 281;
• successful assault, ii. 114;
• sword, ii. 153.
• Muhammad III. denounces drinking, 216;
• description of army of, 192;
• murder of brothers, ii. 177;
• yields to soldiers’ demands, ii. 173.
• Muhammad IV., secret councils of Validêh, ii. 204;
• surrenders officials of his court, ii. 205;
• tiny feet of favorite, ii. 201.
• Munkir the angel, 92.
• Murad III. brings jars from Pergamum, 259;
• erects minarets of St. Sophia, 255;
• Hungarian dancer, ii. 200;
• orgies, ii. 186;
• surrenders falconer to the mob, ii. 173.
• Murad IV., a drunkard, 216;
• displeased with Divân, ii. 170;
• excesses, ii. 186;
• horses, ii. 153;
• inspects cafés, 106;
• kiosk, ii. 276;
• punishes drinking, 216;
• surrenders vizier, ii. 173.
• Murder of male relatives of the sultans, ii. 176.
• Museum, the Janissary, ii. 232.
• Mussulmans, apathy, ii. 265;
• character of belief, 68;
• examples of true, 147;
• graves, 92, 99;
• shopkeepers, 139;
• tombstones, 92, 99.
• Mustafa, members of harem drowned, 166;
• Circassian mother, ii. 198;
• tomb, 255.
• N.
• Nekir the angel, 92.
• New kiosk, ii. 204.
• Night, Constantinople by, 201.
• O.
• Oath, ancient formula of imperial, ii. 288.
• Odalisques, ii. 68.
• Ok Meidan, Place of Arrows, 111.
• Ok Serai, mosque, ii. 218.
• Orbano, death of, ii. 112;
• guns, ii. 107, ii. 108, ii. 112.
• Oriental, indifference of the, ii. 95.
• Orientals, dervish of the, and Ali Pasha, 287.
• Orta, ii. 275.
• Orta Kapu, ii. 63.
• Osman, sword of, ii. 230.
• Osman II., first imperial victim of the Janissaries, ii. 131;
• prison of, ii. 131.
• Osman III., fire in reign of, ii. 92.
• Osmaniyeh Nûri, 70, ii. 218.
• Ovid, quotation from, ii. 295;
• tower of, ii. 295.
• P.
• Palaces, Beylerbey, ii. 274;
• Constantine Porphyrogenitus, 72;
• Cheragan, ii. 226, ii. 274;
• Dolmabâghcheh, 281;
• Justinian, ii. 218;
• Phineas, ii. 294;
• Reshid Pasha, ii. 282;
• Riza Pasha, ii. 275;
• Sultan Mahmûd, ii. 203.
• Pankaldi, 100.
• Pastilles, Seraglio, 134.
• Pempti, military gate of, ii. 114.
• Pensions for widows and orphans, ii. 38.
• Pera, 93;
• houses, ii. 96;
• fountains, ii. 79;
• madman of, 95;
• water-supply, ii. 96.
• Perthusier, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Peter, cistern of St., 71.
• Phanar, scene of carnage of 1821, 71;
• seat of Patriarch, 71.
• Pharmakia or Therapia, ii. 288.
• Phineas, palace of, ii. 294.
• Phrygos the argive erects temple of Twelve Gods, ii. 293.
• Physique of upper vs. lower class Turk, ii. 251.
• Piale Pasha mosque, 108.
• Pilav, a Turkish dish, 213.
• Piri Pasha quarter, 112;
• seen from Balat, 113.
• Placida, palace of Empress, 69.
• Plain of Dahûd-Pasha, ii. 110;
• of Haidar Pasha, 225.
• Plan of Constantinople, 18.
• Plane tree of Godfrey de Bouillon, ii. 291;
• of the Janissaries, ii. 152.
• Podesta, residence of the, 89.
• Poiras Point, ii. 294.
• Police, leniency of the, ii. 98;
• regulations regarding women, ii. 61.
• Politics in the harem, ii. 191.
• Pollux defeats Amycus, ii. 286.
• Polygamy, chief vice of Mohammedanism, 218;
• declining, ii. 67;
• effects of, 218;
• how regarded by Turks, ii. 67;
• by women, ii. 34;
• Mohammed on, ii. 67.
• Population, absence of curiosity of the, 104.
• Porte, the Sublime, 69.
• Pouqueville, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Prayer, call to, 110.
• Priapus, 212.
• Princes, imperial, education, 291;
• difficulties besetting, 291.
• Princes, Isles of the, 17.
• Prison, the Bloody, ii. 130.
• Prophet, bow of the, ii. 183;
• favorite wife, 168;
• green ensign, 194;
• mantle, ii. 183;
• prayer-carpets, 259;
• saying paraphrased, 134;
• staff, ii. 183;
• standard-bearer, ii. 230;
• three preferences, 134.
• Proverb, Turkish, ii. 34.
• Psmatia Gate, ii. 138;
• quarter, ii. 137.
• Pulcheria, church built by Empress, 72.
• Pumps, inefficiency of the, ii. 97.
• Punchinello, the Turkish, 212.
• R.
• Railroad, underground, 88.
• Ramazan, anecdote of, 219;
• feast of, 219.
• Rebia Gulnuz, ii. 193, ii. 201.
• Reception chamber, ii. 165.
• Relics, temple of, ii. 183.
• Resemblances, 167.
• Reshid Pasha, palace of, ii. 282.
• Restaurants, 103.
• Revels, imperial, 227;
• in the harem, ii. 186.
• Review Kiosk, ii. 205.
• Revolts of the Janissaries, ii. 197.
• Rhatib, the, 259.
• Riza Pasha, palace of, ii. 275.
• Robes of state, apartment of, ii. 83.
• Rocky cavern, ii. 130.
• Romano, gate of San, ii. 118.
• Roses, kiosk of, ii. 204.
• Rosh’ab, a Turkish drink, 213.
• Roxalana, influence of, ii. 193;
• maltreated by Validêh, ii. 198.
• Rumili Fanar, ii. 295;
• Hissar, fortress of, ii. 280;
• Kavak, ii. 293.
• Russian embassy, 93.
• S.
• Saccard, Eugène, tombstone of, ii. 113.
• Saffié the Venetian, influence of, ii. 193.
• Saint, the patron, of the Janissaries, ii. 234.
• Samos, Mandrokles of, ii. 281.
• Santoro, view from terrace of, 202;
• evenings with, 203.
• Scanderbeg, sabre of, 146, ii. 153.
• Sea, kiosk of the, ii. 204.
• Selamlik, the, ii. 29.
• Selim I., charger of, 169;
• displeased with Divân, ii. 170;
• memorable words of, ii. 84;
• son hides for three years, ii. 276;
• vizier, 112.
• Selim II., the Sot, 216;
• baths, ii. 182;
• debauches, 216;
• drinking under, 216;
• erects minaret of St. Sophia, 255;
• ravings, ii. 186.
• Selim III. restores Galata Tower, 91;
• surrenders ministry, ii. 173.
• Selimiyeh, 29, 71, ii. 218.
• Sepedgiler kiosk, ii. 205.
• Seraglio, the old, ii. 143;
• abandoned by Abdul-Mejid, ii. 145;
• Bâb-el-Selam, ii. 163;
• Bâb-i-Humayûn, ii. 149;
• Bâb-i-Sâdet, ii. 170;
• baths of Selim II., ii. 182;
• battery, ii. 203;
• cage, ii. 179;
• contrasted with Alhambra, ii. 144;
• college, ii. 178;
• foundations laid by Muhammad II., ii. 145;
• gates, ii. 203;
• hall of the Divân, ii. 165;
• harem, ii. 184;
• historic interest, ii. 145;
• kiosks, ii. 204, ii. 205;
• library, ii. 178;
• present aspect, ii. 147;
• reception chamber, ii. 165;
• situation, ii. 146;
• summer harem, ii. 203;
• temple of relics, ii. 183;
• throne-room, ii. 176;
• treasury, ii. 178;
• walls, ii. 147.
• Seraglio, Cape, situation, 19.
• Seraglio Hill from the steamer, 22.
• Seraglio for old sultanas, 70.
• Seraglio pastilles, 134.
• Serasker Tower, 29, 242;
• fire-alarms from, 242;
• view from, 243.
• Serpentine Column, 167.
• Servants, evil geniuses of Constantinople, ii. 97.
• Seven Towers, Castle of, ii. 127;
• ambassadors confined in, ii. 130;
• bloody prison, ii. 130;
• built by Muhammad II., ii. 127;
• Brancovano’s son in the, ii. 134;
• dungeon tower, ii. 129;
• inscriptions made by Constantine’s soldiers, ii. 129;
• muezzin of the, ii. 134;
• prison of Osman II., ii. 131;
• rocky cavern, ii. 130;
• site of ancient Kyklobion, ii. 127;
• tribunal of the court, ii. 132;
• Turkish name for, ii. 128;
• Venetian envoys confined in, ii. 130;
• view from, ii. 133;
• Well of Blood, ii. 130.
• Sévigné, Mme. de, on Turkish women, ii. 40.
• Shalil Pasha, barrack built by, 96.
• Shawls, kadyn of the 2700, ii. 193.
• Shazadeh mosque, ii. 218.
• Shekerbuli ill-treated by rivals, ii. 198;
• influence over Ibrahim, ii. 193.
• Siege of Constantinople, traces of the, ii. 114.
• Silivri Gate, ii. 123.
• Silk-spinners in cistern of Binbûr, ii. 222.
• Simas, ancient promontory of, ii. 293.
• Sirat, the Bridge, 170.
• Skutari, approach by water, ii. 223;
• beauty of, ii. 222;
• cemetery, ii. 224;
• first view of, 23.
• Slave bazâr, 71.
• Sleepless, monastery of the, ii. 284.
• Social life, absence of, among Turks, ii. 264.
• Sofia Hagia, Greek name of St. Sophia, 21.
• Sokolli, grand vizier of Suleiman, ii. 153.
• Soldiers, appearance, 189;
• recruits, 190;
• training, 189;
• uniform, 188.
• Soliman, the fat admiral, 169.
• Sophia and Justinian II., inscription of, ii. 121.
• Sophia, St., 29, 249;
• account of, taking of, 274;
• architects, 271;
• baptistery, 255;
• chapels, 270;
• columns, 262;
• construction, 261;
• dome, 260;
• eso-narthex, 256;
• exterior, 254;
• first impression, 256;
• first sight of, 21;
• former aspect, 266;
• Greek account of, 271;
• Greek name, 21;
• Greek titles, 249;
• gynæconitis, 264;
• imperial functions, 269;
• inscription, 260;
• legend of Greek bishop, 272;
• life in the mosque, 265;
• marbles, 262;
• materials used in building, 261;
• plan, 257;
• present aspect, 258;
• situation, 69;
• Turkish account of, 272;
• view from gallery, 264.
• Sosthenius, temple of, ii. 283.
• Staël. Mme. de, on dome of St. Peter’s, 260;
• on travelling, 57.
• Staff of the Prophet, ii. 183.
• Stambul, 61;
• Russian name of, 15.
• Standard-bearer of the Prophet, ii. 230.
• Standard of the holy war, ii. 183.
• Star, imperial kiosk of the, ii. 275.
• Stefano, ancient valley of the Allori di, ii. 273.
• Stenia, ii. 283.
• Strangers free from insult in Constantinople, ii. 252.
• Street-cries of Galata, 89.
• Sublime Porte, 69.
• Sudludji, 116.
• Sunbullin, Ilrahim’s chief eunuch, 186.
• Sunrise from the bridge, ii. 75.
• Suleiman I., at sessions of the Divân, ii. 167;
• favorite of, ii. 200;
• dies intoxicated, 216;
• tries to suppress drinking, 216;
• son of, strangled, 169.
• Suleiman, the Magnificent, grand vizier of, ii. 153;
• indulgent decree of, ii. 15;
• tower where he hid, ii. 276;
• vizier who educated, 112;
• writes of his court, ii. 159;
• turbans of time of, 140.
• Suleimaniyeh, 29, 70;
• description, ii. 217;
• inscriptions, ii. 218.
• Sultanieh, ii. 286.
• Sultan Moussa, yataghan of, 146.
• Sultans, girded with sword of Osman, ii. 230;
• the early, ii. 298, ii. 303;
• modern, 294;
• personally inspect weights and measures, 226;
• practise shooting, 111;
• public appearance, 286;
• twenty-five successive, in Seraglio, ii. 145.
• Sweet Waters of Asia, 167, ii. 21;
• of Europe, ii. 20, ii. 54.
• Symplegades, ii. 295.
• T.
• Table habits, 214.
• Tamerlane, armlet of, ii. 153.
• Tekyr, seraglio of, 29.
• Temple of the Muftis, the mortuary, ii. 230;
• of Relics, ii. 183;
• of the Twelve Gods, ii. 293.
• Tepelen, Ali Pasha of, tombstone, ii. 124.
• Tersâne, arsenal of, 105.
• Tetarte gate, ii. 120.
• Theatres, 210;
• Alhambra, 211.
• Theodosius, bastions of, ii. 120;
• column of, ii. 202;
• gate of, 72, ii. 138;
• rebuilds church of Holy Apostles, 71.
• Therapia, ancient Pharmakia, ii. 288.
• Thrace, ancient, 18.
• Throne-room, ii. 176.
• Tobacco, displayed for sale, 125;
• use of, formerly forbidden, 125;
• varieties of, 125.
• Tomb of Joshua, ii. 291.
• Topkhâneh, guns fired for fire alarm, ii. 80.
• Totaola, 103.
• Tournefort, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
• Ton Tritou gate, ii. 122.
• Tower, dungeon, ii. 129;
• Galata, 90;
• Leander’s, 166;
• Maiden’s, 80;
• of Christ, 91;
• of Minister of War, 70;
• Ovid’s, ii. 295;
• Serasker, 242.
• Towers, Castle of the Seven, ii. 127.
• Treasury, ii. 178.
• Treaty of peace between Turkey and Russia, ii. 204.
• Tribunal of the court, ii. 132.
• Triumphal way of Byzantine emperors, ii. 133.
• Tulip festivals, ii. 203.
• Tulumbadgi (firemen), ii. 76.
• Turbans of time of Suleiman the Magnificent, 140.
• Türbehs, the imperial, ii. 235.
• Turi, the famous monk, 95.
• Tussaud, collection of Mme., ii. 232.
• U.
• Umm Djiemil, witch of Mecca, 168.
• Ummelunia, name for Constantinople, 15.
• Umur Yeri, bay of, ii. 291.
• Uniform of the army, 188.
• V.
• Valens, aqueduct of Emperor, 70.
• Validêh Sultan, court of the, ii. 185;
• mosque, ii. 218;
• mosque built by, ii. 275.
• Vani, ii. 276.
• Veils, ii. 10;
• graceful adjustment of, ii. 12;
• quotation from the Koran concerning, ii. 10;
• use of, ii. 61.
• Venetian, envoys confined, ii. 130;
• influence of Saffié the, ii. 193.
• Venus Meretricia, temple of, ii. 293.
• View from Mt. Chamlejah, ii. 241;
• from Sudludji, 116.
• Vlanga gardens, ii. 138.
• W.
• Walls, Anastasian, ii. 295;
• of Byzantium, 69;
• of Constantinople, ii. 103;
• of Genoese Galata, 90;
• of Seraglio, ii. 147.
• War Office, courtyard of the, 242.
• Water-supply, insufficiency of the, ii. 80, ii. 96.
• Well of Blood, ii. 130.
• Well, the Holy, 167.
• Wine, Bayezid I. the first to use, 215;
• drinking considered a sin, 215;
• growing use of, 215.
• Women, Turkish, ii. 8;
• abuse of the bath, ii. 13;
• absence from bazârs, 150;
• alone in public, ii. 18;
• apartments, ii. 26;
• at the bath, ii. 62;
• beauty defined, ii. 13;
• character, ii. 39;
• coarse language, ii. 41;
• coquetry, ii. 16;
• day’s excursion, ii. 19;
• desire to meet Europeans, ii. 64;
• dress indoors, ii. 24;
• dress in public, ii. 11;
• friendships, ii. 42;
• games, ii. 40;
• gossip, ii. 53;
• grace, ii. 44;
• indiscretions, ii. 59;
• Lady Montague on liberty of, ii. 17;
• legal rights, ii. 36;
• liberty, ii. 17;
• longing for European life, ii. 66;
• Mme. de Sévigné on, ii. 40;
• manners, ii. 42;
• manner of sitting down, ii. 43;
• never seen with men, 211, ii. 18;
• never mentioned in public, ii. 30;
• occupations, ii. 44;
• opinion of Europeans, ii. 65;
• places frequented by, ii. 18;
• police regulations concerning, ii. 61;
• respect shown in public, ii. 36;
• schemes of, ii. 52;
• shoes, ii. 13;
• shopping, 144;
• social privileges vs. European women, ii. 38;
• visit to, ii. 43.
• Y.
• Yali, ancient village of Amea, ii. 286.
• Yali kiosk, ii. 204.
• Yanghen Vahr, ii. 73;
• meaning of cry, ii. 80.
• Yashmac, arrangement of the, ii. 10, ii. 12.
• Yataghan of Sultan Moussa, 146.
• Yedi Kuleh, Turkish name for Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 128.
• Yeni, ii. 285.
• Yeni Kapu quarter, ii. 139.
• Yeni Mahalleh, village of, ii. 293.
• Yeni Mevlevi, gate and monastery of, ii. 120.
• Yeri Betan Serai, ii. 220.
• Z.
• Zavegorod, Russian name of Stambul, 15.