Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. IEvliya Çelebi
History
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
There are here, a Defterdár of the treasury and of the feuds; a Kehiyá
and Emín of the Defter and Chávushes, an Aláï-beg, and a Cherí-báshí.
The sanjaks are: 1. Itshilí. 2. Társús. 3. Aláyí. 4. Sís or Khás. The
following have a Sáliáneh, or annual allowance from the treasury:
Kerina, Paphos, Tamagusta, and Nicosia. It is a large island, and
contains 30,000 Moslem warriors, and 150,000 infidels.
_The Province of Candia._
Canea was conquered in the reign of Sultán Ibrahím, by Yúsuf Páshá;
and twenty-six years afterwards Candia was taken by Kopreïlí Zádeh the
second, after a protracted siege of three years. The sanjaks are: 1.
Canea. 2. Retimo. 3. Selina. This island, being so extensive, has the
complement of public officers, and maintains a force of 40,000 men.
_The Province of Damascus._
Some of the sanjaks of this province are khás (_i.e._ yield a land
revenue); and others are Sáliáneh (_i.e._ have an annual allowance
from government). Of the former are: 1. Jerusalem. 2. Gaza. 3. Karak.
4. Safet. 5. Náblús. 6. Aajelún. 7. Lejún. 8. Bokoa. Of the latter:
Tadmor, Saida, and Bairút.
_The Province of Trabalús (Tripoli)._
Its sanjaks are: 1. Trabalús (Tripoli) the seat of the Páshá. 2. Hama.
3. Homs. 4. Salamieh. 5. Jebella. 6. Latakia. 7. Husnábád. It has also
forty Begs of the Drúzís in the mountains which belong to it.
_The Province of Adna._
Having been separated from the government of Haleb, it has no diván
officers. The sanjaks are: 1. Sís. 2. Tarsús. 3. Karatásh. 4.
Selfekeh. It has also seven Bóï-begs. Being a mountainous country it is
very turbulent.
_The Province of Haleb (Aleppo)._
Two of its sanjaks which receive a stipend, have no ziámet nor tímár.
The sanjaks are: 1. Akrád Kilís. 2. Bírejek. 3. Maura. 4. Azir. 5.
Bális. 6. Antakia (Antioch). Those which receive the allowance are
Massiaf, and the sanjak of the Turkomans, who are very numerous in this
province.
_The Province of Díúrbeker._
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