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.