[722] Either the writer’s geographical knowledge or the text is in confusion. The description here, as well as that which follows, cannot be made to fit the map. [723] The boundary between Europe and Asia is now, of course, placed far to the east of the Don. [724] Compare Junis Bey, below, pp. 272, 273. [725] Michaloghli. [726] More accurately, Othman, beginning in 1299, ruled 27 years; Orchan, 33 years; Murad I, 30 years; Bayezid I, 13 years; Mohammed I (_Chelebi_) in undisputed rule 8 years, after 11 years of civil war; Murad II, 30 years; Mohammed II, 30 years; Bayezid II, 31 years; Selim, 8 years, until his death in 1520, when Suleiman came to the throne. [727] Celeby and Calepino are forms of _Chelebi_, the Gentleman, which was an appellation of Mohammed I; these three names, therefore, refer to the same person. [728] At this point the writer begins to follow the pamphlet of Junis Bey. [729] Seraglio Point is thrust out into the Bosphorus just before it meets the Sea of Marmora. [730] The land on which Mohammed’s palace was built had belonged to the church of St. Sophia under the Byzantine Empire. See above, p. 202. [731] Junis Bey speaks of eight youths, but names six, as below. [732] After Junis Bey. The word here is “_Chiuchter_.” [733] There were two treasurers of the household, bearing the same name. One labored within the palace, and one without. See above, p. 127. [734] There is confusion here. The _Kapu Aghasi_ and the _Seraidar-bashi_ were the same person. The chief of the gate is rightly called the _Kapuji-bashi_. Junis Bey shows similar confusion (below, p. 263). See above, p. 126; and Redhouse, 1435. [735] “_Talismani._” See above, p. 205. [736] “_Capoglano._” The derivation is faulty; the literal meaning is “gate-youth.” [737] “_Gianizzerotti._” Junis Bey, below, p. 263, speaks of 400 gardeners, which is probably more nearly correct. [738] “_Protogero._” _Kiaya_, or by transliteration _Ketkhuda_, is the Turkish word. See above, p. 96, note 4. [739] This should read “the _Bostanji-bashi_”: Junis Bey, 263. [740] The chief taster. [741] Junis Bey, 264, says five to six aspers each. [742] Intendant or steward of the kitchen. [743] The word translated “feudal income,” or “feudal grant,” is “_timar_.” See above, p. 100 ff. [744] This sentence was evidently inserted after the previous part of the paragraph had been written. See below, p. 255. [745] “_Centola._” [746] This remark seems to contain a comparison between the relation of the pope to the Roman emperor and that of the _Mufti_ to the sultan. Such a comparison would, however, be inexact. See above, p. 209. [747] “_Cavalleria._” Junis Bey, below, p. 265, calls them _cursori_. [748] Junis Bey, 266, says 15 to 20 slaves each. [749] “_Spezzate._” [750] That the other _Chaushes_ were slaves not of the _Chaush-bashi_, but of the sultan, is shown by the amount of their pay. See Junis Bey’s testimony below, p. 265.