[245] Koili Hissar. See p. 23. According to Angiolello, it was near Erzingan that the Turks reached the Euphrates, and only the Acangi crossed on a foraging expedition, which is much more probable. [246] Tocat, fifty-six miles from Sivas, with a population of forty thousand, and a very extensive trade. [247] Sanjak. [248] Achmet. [249] It seems that the other Christian princes were not altogether so blind to the advantages of a Persian alliance as the Venetian writer would have us think. [250] Caffa, anciently called Theodosia, situated in the Crimea, and then belonging to the Genoese, was a rich and busy port. It was subdued, with the rest of the Crimea, by Achmet Pasha in 1476. [251] See note, p. 16. [252] Casimir IV reigned from 1447 to 1492. He defeated the Teutonic knights and also the Hungarians. [253] Matthias Corvinus, son of the Great Huniades, the champion of Christendom against the Turks, reigned from 1458 to 1490. [254] Bagdad. [255] Diarbekr. [256] Shiraz. [257] Sanjak. [258] Amasia, the birthplace of Strabo and Mithridates, is now an important town with thirty thousand inhabitants and great trade in silk, situated on the Yekyl Irmak. [259] Yakoob, who succeeded Ussun Cassano in 1478. [260] It was Achilles, not Hercules, who is said to have preferred a short and famous career to a long life of inglorious ease. [261] Persian literature at that time was in a most flourishing condition, the age comprising some of the most illustrious names in their annals. _Vide_ p. 2. [262] Caton-Khatoon, meaning “Madam” or “Lady”, and so “Queen.” Despina, Δεσποινα, means the same thing. [263] Calo Johannes. See p. 9. [264] Calul. [265] Yakoob. [266] From what appears in the other books this must be meant for Cartibiert Kharput, in the province of Diarbekr. See Angiolello, cap. 1. [267] See _Travels of a Merchant_, cap. 3. [268] She was buried in the town of Diarbekr. [269] Sheikh Hyder. [270] Ardebil, where are the tombs of Sheikh Hyder and Shah Ismael Sufi, is situated in the plain of Mogam. It has now entirely declined from its former importance. [271] Kârâ Koyun. [272] This was not the case, as the Suffavean family did not belong to either of the Toorkman tribes. [273] Ak Koyun. [274] Also called Alumut or Eluanbeg; he was not left in undisturbed possession of the throne, as his brother Morad Khan disputed it with him, and established himself in Babylonia and Fars. [275] Kârâ Koinloo. See previous page. [276] Follower of Ali, Alanee. [277] See Angiolello, cap. 12. [278] Ardebil.