The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the MagnificentLybyer, Albert Howe
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The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent
Lybyer, Albert Howe
Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566; Turkey -- Politics and government
Bartholomew Georgevitz, pilgrim to Jerusalem, issued a small book, _De
Turcarum Moribus Epitome_, which passed through many editions in two or
three languages, the first dating not later than 1544, and the latest not
earlier than 1629. The chapters are on various topics and from various
sources. The first, on the rites and ceremonies of the Turks, is abridged
from Spandugino. The second, on the Turkish soldiery, is by Georgevitz
himself; it is perhaps the most valuable, and shows by the age assigned
to Prince Mustapha that it was written about 1537. The fourth chapter
gives useful Turkish phrases, and is interesting as showing how Turkish
words were pronounced in the sixteenth century. The fifth chapter gives
a full account of the treatment of slaves of private citizens, written
by one who had been a slave, apparently Georgevitz himself. The edition
referred to in this treatise was printed at Paris in 1566.
Jérome Maurand accompanied Captain Pinon on his mission to Constantinople
in 1544. A few years later he wrote, in Italian, an account of his
journey, which was translated by Léon Dorez as _Itinéraire de Jérome
Maurand d’Antibes à Constantinople_, and published at Paris in 1901 as
vol. xvii of _Recueil de Voyages_, etc.
Before 1549, Ibrahim Halebi, the jurist, prepared by command of Suleiman
the codification of the Sacred Law which bears the name of _Multeka
ol-ebhar_, and which formed the foundation of D’Ohsson’s great work.
Jean Chesneau went to Constantinople with D’Aramont, ambassador of Henry
II of France, and accompanied him on Suleiman’s campaign against Persia
in 1549. His narrative, which is not very illuminating or accurate, was
edited by Charles Schéfer and published at Paris in 1887, under the
title, _Le Voyage de Monsieur d’Aramon_, as vol. viii of _Recueil de
Voyages_, etc. Bound in the same volume are five letters in the Italian
language, written from Constantinople in 1547 by the ambassador Veltwyck
to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria; there is also (at pp. 227-248) a
reprint in French of the first edition of Geuffroy.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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