Khairu-d-din Efendí, his Majesty’s Khojah; Seidi Chelebi, of Kastemúni; Sheikh Mohammed Jiví-zádeh; Mollah Sheikh Mohammed Ben Kotbu-d-din; Mollah Mohammed Ben Ahmed Ben ’Adíl-pasha, an excellent historian and a good Persian poet; Mollah Abdul-fattáh Ebn Ahmed ’Adíl Pasha, a native of Berdá, in Persia, and an amiable and intelligent man; Sheikh Mohammed, of Tunis, an excellent reader of the Korán, the whole of which he knew by heart; Zehíru-d-din, who came from Tabríz, and was hanged at Cairo with the traitor Ahmed Pasha; Mollah Mohammed, a pupil of Kemál Pasha-zádeh; Mevlená Yakúb, commonly called Ajéh Khaliféh, professor at Magnesia, where he died, A.H. 969 (A.D. 1562); ’Ala’ud-dín Jemáli, Sheikhu-l-Islám (i.e. Grand Mufti), which office he held also under Sultan Selím I.; the Sheikhu-l-Islám Kemál Pasha-zadéh Ahmed, who was Kázi-asker of Egypt under Selím I., and is celebrated for his literary productions; the Sheikhu-l-Islam Abú-u-ssaod Efendí, who wrote nearly a thousand treatises, and whose Commentary on the Korán is highly valued: a volume might be written in his praise; Mevlena-Mohíu-d-dín Arab-zédeh, who was drowned on his passage to Egypt; Mevlena Ali, who wrote the Humáyiún Námeh (the Turkish translation of Pilpay’s Fables); he was buried at Brusá.
The Kanún-námeh or Statistical Code of the Empire, drawn up by Sultán Suleïmán.
Section I.
The Province of Rúmeïli contains 24 Sanjaks, 1,227 Ziámets, 12,377 Timárs.
| Bodin | 17 | Sanjaks, | 278 | Ziámets, | 2,391 | Timárs. |
| Ozi (Oczakov), | 6 | ditto | 188 | ditto | 1,186 | ditto |
| Bosnia, | 7 | ditto | 150 | ditto | 1,792 | ditto |
| Temesvar | 6 | ditto | 190 | ditto | 1,090 | ditto |
| Archipelago | 15 | ditto | 73 | ditto | 1,884 | ditto |
| Egra | 9 | ditto | 1,081 | ditto | 4,000 | ditto |
| —— | 7 | ditto | 77 | ditto | 2,007 | ditto |
| Kaffa | 9 | ditto | (It has neither Ziámets nor Timárs). | |||
| Morea | 5 | ditto, | but no Ziámets or Timárs. | |||
| Varadin | 5 | ditto. | ||||
Ardil (Transylvania) pays an annual tribute of 3,000 purses; as do also Aflák (Wallachia), and Bóghdán (Moldavia). The Crimea has no Ziámets or Timárs, but is governed by Kháns. Rodós (Rhodes) has five Sanjaks; Kubrus (Cyprus) seven, and Candia thirteen Sanjaks; making, in all, 167 Sanjaks, 3,306 Ziámets, and 37,379 Timárs.
| Anatóli has | 14 | Sanjaks, | 399 | Ziámets, | 5,589 | Timárs. |
| Karman | 7 | ditto | 68 | ditto | 2,211 | ditto |
| —— | 7 | ditto | 108 | ditto | 3,699 | ditto |
| Miráish | 4 | ditto | 29 | ditto | 215 | ditto |
| Shám (Damascus), | 2 | ditto | 138 | ditto | 1,865 | ditto |
| Trabalós | 4 | ditto | 63 | ditto | 571 | ditto |
| Seida (Sidon) | 4 | ditto | 94 | ditto | 995 | ditto |
| Halep (Aleppo), has | 5 | ditto | 99 | ditto | 833 | ditto |
| Adna | 5 | ditto | 43 | ditto | 1,659 | ditto |
| Roha | 2 | ditto | 4 | ditto | 6,026 | ditto |
| Díárbekr | 12 | ditto | 926 | ditto | 926 | ditto |
| Erzerúm | 9 | ditto | 133 | ditto | 5,159 | ditto |
| Trebizonde | 2 | ditto | 56 | ditto | 398 | ditto |
| Gurjístán (Georgia) has no Sanjaks, Ziámets, or Timárs. | ||||||
| Kars | 6 | ditto | 1 | ditto | 1,363 | ditto |
| Jíldir | 13 | ditto | 49 | ditto | 689 | ditto |
| Ván | 24 | ditto | 46 | ditto | 2,695 | ditto |
| Mosúl | 3 | ditto | 66 | ditto | 1,004 | ditto |
| Sheherzúl | 21 | ditto | 15 | ditto | 806 | ditto |
Baghdád has no ziámet or timár, but is held on an annual lease, as are also Basrah and Lahsa: Yemen is governed by an Imám; Habesh (Abyssinia) is subject to a tributary Sultán; Mesr (Egypt), Jezáïr (Algiers), Tunis and Trabalos (Tripoli), are held by annual leases. There are in all 151 sanjaks, 1,571 ziámets, 41,286 timárs.
All the land of the Ottoman empire is divided into three parts: the khás humáyún, or crown lands; the lands given to the vezírs and begler-begs; and the lands divided into ziámets and timárs.
Section II.