The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 2 (of 2)Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de
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The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de
Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592
_Bajazet II._, Sultan, defeats his son Selim, i. 108
_Bajazet_, son of Solyman, his mother’s favourite, i. 179;
implicated in the rising of Mustapha, the Pretender, 180, 185;
his interview with his father, 187-189;
his story continued, 264-281;
conspires against his brother, 265;
removed from Kutaiah to Amasia, 267;
complains of his new government, _ib._;
accuses his brother, 268-269;
prepares for war, 270;
sends back Pertau Pasha, 271;
his message to Solyman, 272;
takes town of Akschehr, 273;
occupies Angora, and raises a forced loan from the merchants, 275;
his appearance and character, 275-276;
marches on Koniah, 277;
his speech to his army, 277-278;
his gallant conduct, 278;
defeated at Koniah, retreats to Amasia, 279;
reputation acquired by him, 280;
sounds his father’s disposition, 298;
warned by his friends to beware of him, 301;
one of his spies executed, _ib._;
starts on his flight to Persia, 302;
his rapidity, 304;
his stratagems to deceive the Pashas of Siwas and Erzeroum,
304-305;
offers double pay to soldiers joining him, 306;
crosses the Araxes and enters Persia, 306-307;
his speech to the Shah’s envoys, 307;
his reception by the Shah, 308;
his message to his father, 309;
atrocious speech of one of his officers, _ib._;
is seized and thrown into prison, 311;
conjectures as to his probable fate, 311-312;
the end of his story, 375, 378-381;
his execution, 381;
his four sons share his fate, _ib._;
execution of his infant son at Broussa, 382
_Balagny_, Governor of Cambrai, ii. 205, and _note_;
his tyrannical conduct there, 227
_Baldi_, Philip, an Italian sent to Busbecq by the Emperor, i. 259;
mentioned again, 263
_Baldwin_, Count of Flanders and Latin Emperor of Romania—taken and
killed by the Bulgarians, i. 105, and _note_;
mentioned, 130, _note_
_Balsam_, given by Ali Pasha to Busbecq, i. 388;
its value, 389, and _note_;
doubts thrown on its genuineness, 416
_Balsam-tree_, not now to be found in Asia Minor, i. 142
_Basilicus_, John, Greek adventurer—his story, i. 347, _note_;
invades Moldavia, 347
_Baths_, intrigues carried on in them by Turkish women, i. 231
_Bavaria_, the Duke of, attends the coronation at Frankfort, i. 399,
and _note_;
his health, ii. 134;
his handsome reception of the Queen, _ib._;
thinks the Danube her best route, _ib._;
presses her to remain, _ib._
_Bavaria_, the Duchess of, sends messages and letters to the Queen,
ii. 3
_Bavaria_, Ferdinand, Duke of, meets the Queen, ii. 134
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