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.