We may omit Busbequius’ advocacy of slavery. He continues later: “The Turks in their way do make a huge advantage of slaves; for if an ordinary Turk bring home one or two slaves, whom he has taken as prisoners of war, he accounts he hath made a good campaign of it, and his prize is worth his labor. An ordinary slave is sold among them for 40 to 50 crowns, but if he be young and beautiful and have some skill in some trade also, then they rate him as twice as much. By this you may know how advantageous the Turkish depredations are to them, when many times from one expedition they bring home five or six thousand prisoners.” Ogier Ghiselin de Busbequius, _Travels in Turkey_, trans. into English, 1774. [40] Snouck Hurgronje makes practically the same statement in his _Mekka_, vol. ii, p. 19 (Haag, 1889). “Alles in Allem ist der Zustand des muslimischen Sklaven nur formell verschieden von dem der europäischen Diener und Arbeiter.” [41] Memoirs of the Baron de Tott on _The Turk and the Tartars_, (trans. from the French, London, 1785), vol. ii, pp. 379–380. [42] D’Ohsson, _op. cit._, vol. iii, p. 38. [43] M. le Chevalier Ricaut, _Tableau de l’empire Ottomane_ (1709), vol. ii, chap. ii, p. 5. [44] Albèri, III, 3, p. 95, note, Pietro Zen. [45] The formula of enfranchisement. D’Ohsson, _op. cit._, vol. iii, p. 143. [46] Albèri, III, 3, p. 95, note, Pietro Zen. [47] Marsigli, _Stato Militare dell’ Imperio Ottomano_ (1732), vol. i. [48] Albèri III, i, p. 11. Danielo di Ludovisi. [49] _Roum_ means Roman, from the Roman or Byzantine empire whose territory had largely passed to Turkey. [50] _Sandjak_ is literally _banner_. [51] Juchereau de Saint Denis, quoted by Ludovisi. [52] Albrecht, _Grundriss des osmanischen Staatsrechts_, p. 68. Also von Hammer, p. 166. [53] Petchevi, _Tarih Osmanieh_, vol. i, p. 79. [54] A piastre was about 89 cents in that century. [55] D’Ohsson, _op. cit._, vol. ii, p. 337. [56] _Harem_ means _set apart_, _sacred_, or _accursed‐taboo_, and is a term applied to the women of a Moslem household. [57] _Cf._ also Cantimir, “Suleiman gave Ibrahim his sister in marriage.” Jorga on the other hand says that Ibrahim married a daughter of Iskender Chelebi, but I have seen no such statement elsewhere, except the following ambiguous statement in Solakzadeh: “Between Iskender and Ibrahim Pasha the relation of father and son existed.” P. 478. Abdurrahman Sheref writes in his _Tarih Osmanieh_, “Some historians say that Ibrahim was brother‐in‐law to the Sultan.” Petchevi and the Venetian Baillies Bragadino and Pietro Zen, while giving detailed accounts of the wedding feast say nothing of the bride. [58] For accounts see Petchevi, _op. cit._, vol. i, pp. 79 _et seq._; Solakzadeh, _op. cit._; Marini Sanuto, _op. cit._, vol. 36, pp. 505 _et seq._, with references _passim_. Also von Hammer, _op. cit._, vol. v, pp. 52 _et seq._, and Cantimir, _op. cit._