Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IEvliya Çelebi
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Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. I
Evliya Çelebi
Caucasus, South -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Turkey -- History
chamber of pages; Khizr Pasha, a man of dignified manners, who was
educated in the harem; Kara Murád Pasha; Sufi Ali Pasha, who died
at Cairo, of which he was Governor; Gulábí Pasha, a man who loved
retirement, and conversed much with my father; it was he who related
the anecdote of himself, already mentioned in the Description of the
Mosque of Ayá Sófiyah: he was indeed a holy man; Mohammed Khán Pasha,
who was of the family of Zulkadr, and went over to Sháh Ismaïl, but
returning to the Ottomans, was made Governor of Rumeïli and Anatoli,
and was distinguished with the title of Jenáb (Excellency).
_Capudán Pashas of the Reign of Suleïmán._
Sinán Pasha, from the harem, a great tyrant.
Khairu-d-din Pasha (Barbarossa), born at Medelli (Mitylene), and
created Capudán in the year 940 (A.D. 1533). He died A.H. 970 (A.D.
1562), and was buried at Beshiktásh.
Saleh Pasha, a native of Kaz-tagh (Mount Ida), was Pasha of Algiers;
and, like his predecessor, a most active Admiral.
Yahia Pasha, Grand Admiral, and died Pasha of Algiers.
Torghúd Pasha, who suffered martyrdom at the siege of Malta.
Mohammed Pasha, who was Pasha of Egypt, and, like Khairu-d-din,
extended his devastations even to the islands of Ingleterra (England).
_Defterdárs and Nishánjis of the Reign of Sultán Suleïmán._
Defterdár Iskender Chelebi; Hyder Chelebi, of Gallipoli; Lufti Beg, of
the harem; Abulfazl Efendí; Abdi Chelebi, son of Jevizádeh’; Mustafa
Chelebi, who, though afflicted with palsy, continued to attend the
Diván, because he was an excellent penman; Mohammed Chelebi, who
was also called Egri Abdi Zádeh; Ibrahím Chelebi, who was the chief
Defterdár; Hasan Chelebi; Murád Chelebi, Jemáli Zádeh Mustafa Chelebi,
who in his prose and poetical compositions assumed the name of Nisháni:
he is the author of an historical work, entitled “Tabakátu-l-mamálek,”
and a statistical one, called “Kanún Námeh;” Ramazán Zádeh Mohammed
Chelebi, who was Nishánji, and author of a small historical work.
_Begs of Sultán Suleïmán’s Reign._
Kochek Báli Beg, son of the Grand Vezir, Yahia; Khosrú Beg, descended
from the daughter of Sultán Báyazíd: he built at Seráï, a mosque, a
khán, a bath, an imáret, a college, and a school, and achieved some
thousands of victories; Kara Othmán Sháh Beg, son of Kara Mustafa Beg
by the sister of Sultán Suleïmán: he built at Tarkhaleh a wonderful
mosque with a college and an imaret; Ali Beg Ibn Malkoch Beg, who
rendered himself famous in Croatia; Núbehar Zádeh, who was a disciple
of Jelál Zádeh, and was afterwards made Defterdár; Cherkess Kassim Beg,
who was Governor of Kaffa, in the Crimea, but afterwards went on an
expedition to Azhderhán (Astrachan) through the desert; Hájí Beg, who,
as Governor of Nablús, kept down the Arabs; Kurd Beg; Ján-búlád Beg, of
an illustrious Kurd family; Husein Beg, who was distinguished with the
title Jenáb (Excellency).
_Some of the Illustrious Divines of the Reign of Sultán Suleïmán._
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