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