_Roostem_, Grand Vizier, Busbecq and his colleagues visit him, i. 111; his origin, character, and abilities, 113-114, 343; sent in command against the Shah, 115; his dismissal from office, 118; restored to office, 176, 190; urges Busbecq to remain, 196; complains of Hungarian raids, 199; his opinion of Busbecq, 234; tries to convert him, 235; his orthodoxy suspected, _ib._; his conversation with Busbecq, 235-236; his exultation at his kinsman’s raid, and sorrow at his death, 240-241; raises a troop of dragoons from his household servants, 242; failure of the experiment, 243; his remarks on Busbecq’s obstinacy, 261; his emblematic present, 263-264; warns Busbecq not to quarrel with the Janissaries, 296; excites Solyman’s wrath against Pialé, 324; his conversation with de Sandé in the Divan, 325; refuses to let Busbecq leave his house on account of the plague, 333; his death, 334; contrasted with Ali, 343, 345; story of him and Busbecq, 344; dreaded interviews with Lavigne, 354; scene at one, 355; his conduct towards Busbecq’s servants when falsely accused, 367-368 _Rouen_, threatened by Navarre, ii. 257, 259 _Roxolana_, Solyman’s wife, her real name Khourrem, account of her, i. 111-112, and _note_; her intrigues against Mustapha, 113; and his only son, 119; her affection for Bajazet, 179; appeases his angry father, 185; encourages him, 187; how she induced Solyman to marry her, 229, and 112, _note_; her death, 265 _Ryhove_, Flemish noble, accused by Imbize of conspiracy, ii. 209 _Salceda_, implicated in a plot, ii. 148; a prisoner, 149; his terrible execution, 152-153, and _notes_; his wickedness and audacity, 154; his head sent to Antwerp and stuck on the highest pinnacle, 154, 155 _Saluzzo_, the marquisate of, proposal to sell or pawn, ii. 61; 200,000 crowns borrowed on security of it, 79 _Salviati_, his mission to procure de Sandé’s release, and its failure, i. 371, 374, _note_ _Samarcand_, city of, visited by a Turkish pilgrim, i. 360 _Sandé_, Don Alvaro de, commander of the citadel at Djerbé, attempts to escape and is captured, i. 320; exhibited on Pialé’s galley, 321; before the Divan, 325; imprisoned in the fortress of Caradenis, 326; how Busbecq procured his release, 369-373; his hatred of Leyva, 373; his speech to the steward of the French representative, _ib._; his journey home with Busbecq, 390-397; his jokes, 391; fears he will be sent back to Constantinople, 393; chides Busbecq’s servant for his temper, 394; his gratitude to Busbecq, 397