BOSTANJI--originally the gardeners of the Seraglio, subsequently attendants, body-guards. CHORBAJI--a Janissary officer. CIAUS--palace officials employed as attendants, messengers, envoys. DERBEND AGA--the chief of the street watchmen. DIRHAM--a coin worth about 2-½_d._ DIVAN--council of state. DZHIN--a huge supernatural being. EFFENDI--a title of honor. ETMEIDAN--the headquarters of the Janissaries. FETVA--the opinion or judgment of a mufti. FIRAK--bodies of troops. FIRMAN--a decree issued by the Sultan. GIAOUR--an infidel. ICHOGLANLER--pages of non-Muhammadan parentage brought up at the Sultan's palace. IMAM--a priest who recites the canonical prayers. JAMAK--the servant of a Janissary. JANISSARIES--literally, "new soldiers" (jeni-cheri), originally captive children brought up to be soldiers. This corps was for centuries the flower of the Ottoman army. JANISSARY AGA--the chief of the Janissaries. JERID--a stick used as a dart in military exercises. KADI--a judge. KADUN-KEIT-KHUDA--guardian of the harem. KAPU-AGASI--Lord Chamberlain. KAPUDAN PASHA--Lord High Admiral. KAPUJI--gate-keeper of the Seraglio. KAPUJI PASHA--the introducer of the ambassadors. KAPU-KIAJA--chief magistrate. KHAT-I-SHERIF--a command either signed by the Sultan or issued directly through him. KHUMBARAJI--a bombardier. KIZLAR-AGASI--chief inspector of the harem. MOLLAH--the title of the highest grade of Ulemas. MUEZZIN--the caller to prayer. MUFTIS--those of the Ulemas who publish or seal the fetvas or other public documents. MURSHID--a spiritual guide. NAMAZAT--the canonical prayer. ODALISK--a concubine; literally, chambermaid. ORTA--a company of Janissaries. PALIKÁR--"strong youth," a name given to themselves by the Klephts, freebooters of Thessaly. PARA--a farthing. REIS-EFFENDI--Minister of Foreign Affairs. SANDJAK-I-SHERIF--the sacred banner of the Prophet. SERAGLIO } SERAI } The Sultan's court. SERAI-AGASI--chief inspector of the Seraglio. SERASKIER--a commander-in-chief. SHEIK-UL-ISLAM--the chief of all the muftis and Ulemas. SILIHDARS--one of the six divisions of the mercenary cavalry, also the Sultan's armor-bearers. SIPAHIS } SPAHIS } One of six divisions of the mercenary cavalry. SULIOTES--a warlike Hellenized race of Albanian origin in the Pachalik of Janina. SULTANA-ASSEKI--The Sultan's consort. SULTANA-VALIDEH--the Sultan's mother. TIMARIOTES--Turkish feudal militia. TOPORABAJI--gunners. TOPIJIS--gunners. ULEMAS--the learned men, including the muftis, the mollahs, the kadis--in short, all the legal and ecclesiastical functionaries. THE END Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors present in the original text have been corrected for this electronic edition. In Chapter I, "superflous cracks and crevices" was changed to "superfluous cracks and crevices". In Chapter II, "siezed him" was changed to "seized him".