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