De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 -- Travel -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel
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.
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