Under the Turk in Constantinople: A record of Sir John Finch's Embassy, 1674-1681

by G. F. Abbott

Adrianople:
Court at, [24], [26], [28], [68];
Finch’s preparations for, [86-8];
entry into, [93-4];
quarters in, [94-5], [172];
foreign diplomats in, [96-7];
the city, [97];
festivities in, [68-9], [105-113], [131];
plague in, [136-7], [138], [139], [156], [163], [174];
departure from, [175-6];
Levant Company and Finch’s visit, App. XIII. [400]
Affaire du Sofa, see [Soffah]
Aga of Pasha of Tunis, [16-20], [85-6], [305], [306]
Ahmed Kuprili, Grand Vizir:
character, [12-15], [103], [104], [160], [165], [191-3], [225], [354], App. IV. [385-386];
siege of Candia, [14], [16], [132], [207];
negotiations with Poland, [31], [68];
and Pasha of Tunis, [85], [86], [173-4];
finds quarters for Finch, [95];
Finch’s audience with, [98-103];
Charles II.’s letter to, App. II. [381-382];
and Holy Sepulchre disputes, [117], [118-19], [123], [125], [158];
and Tripoli corsairs, [129], [182];
his intemperance, [132], [164], [165], [169];
and Capitulations, [134], [147], [149], [158], [159], [160], [166], [169-71], [180];
at Finch’s audience with Grand Signor, [140], [141], [142], [143], [146];
and Vani Effendi, [153];
letters to Charles II., [170];
and Genoese Resident, [294];
his death, [191], [192], [193];
Kara Mustafa and, [325] (note)
Ak-bonar, [137]
Aleppo:
Anglo-French disputes at, [72-3], [188];
customs duties at, [181], [218];
dollars consigned to, [237-243];
Hattisherif, [27], [150];
library at, App. VI. [389];
Pasha of, [237-8]
Algiers pirates, [85], [244], [248-9]
Allin, Sir Thomas, [85]
Alloy, the, described, [257-8], [370] (note)
Ambassadors:
state kept by, [36], [39-40];
Turkish conception of responsibilities of, [273], [303-4], App. XV. [402-3]
American ceremonialism, [200]
Anchorage charges, [28]
Ancona, [284]
Angel, the, App. V. [387]
Angora, [236]
Argostoli, [351]
Arlington, Lord, [3], [4-5], [52], [116], [121]
Ashby, Mr. John:
the Pizzamano case, [211], [212-13], [214], [215-16], [218], [222], [231];
the Pentlow case, [268], [269], [271-6]
Asper, [233]
Austria attacked, [361], [362];
in Holy League, [364-5]
Avanias, [15], [228], [229], [233], [264], [274], [281], [283], [365]
Avji, the Hunter, [25], [131], [144], [146].
See [Mohammed IV].
Bailo of Venice, the, [20];
and religious disputes, [119], [122], [124], [151];
and Sir John Finch, [185], [189];
Kara Mustafa and, [202], [227-8], [229-30], [281-3], [321], [359]
Baines, Sir Thomas, [40-44], [353];
on the Turks, [22-3];
journey to Adrianople, [89], [90], [94];
at Karagatch, [137], [175];
and Vani Effendi, [153], [155-7];
reproves Nointel, [190-91];
pulls strings for Finch, [245];
his sedan chair, [291];
death, [344-5], [347];
burial, [352]
Bairam, Feast of the, [20], [216], [222], [316]
Bakshish, App. IX. [394]
Barat, [266], [267]
Baratlis, [266]
Barbary corsairs, [83-5], [339-41], [345], [348]
Barton, Edward, [119]
Belgrade, [39]
Bendyshe, Sir Thomas, [26], [120]
Berkeley, Earl of, [312], [313]
Bocareschi, Count, [133], [155], [156], [163]
Books in 17th century, App. VI. [388-9]
Bostanji-bashi, [248]
Boza, [323], [324]
Broesses, M. de, [297]
Brusa, [236]
Busbequius, [8];
quoted, [33]
Caboga, Signor, Ambassador of Ragusa, [96], [112], [113], [250], [251]
Cadileskers, [140], [142], [303], [306], [315]
Caloyers, Greek, [118], [119], [151]
“Cambio Marittimo,” [83]
Cambridge, [2], [40], [112];
Covel at, [54-55], [369-70], [371-2]
Cancellier, Levant Company’s, [51], [142], [144], [145]
Candia, siege of, [14], [15], [16], [101], [132]
Canizares, [119], [122]
Capiji-bashi, [93], [139]
Capitan Pasha, [193], [212];
the new, [248], [257], [279], [340], [341], [346]
Capitulations, the, [14], [26-31], [98], [100], [293-5];
prepared, [104], [134];
Latin Fathers and, [124-5];
postponements, [147], [149-51];
draft shown, [157], [158], [159];
the signature question, [166-7], App. XI. [396];
signed, [168], [169], [170];
not appreciated, [178-9];
difficulties in execution, [180-81];
Ahmed Kuprili maintains, [180], [193];
Grand Signor and, App. X. [395];
Kara Mustafa and, [223], [244], [249], [270-71];
and cloth trade, [247];
married Franks and, [266-7], [270-71];
Kara Mustafa holds for ransom, [292], [293-6];
silk duty under, [349]
Capitulations, the Dutch, [296-8], [300]
Carlowitz, Peace of, [365]
Carpenter, Mr. William, [51], [142], [144]
Catholics, see [Roman Catholics]
Ceremonialism, diplomatic, [199-200]
Chandos, Lord:
appointment, [313-314], [329];
arrival, [335-6], [337];
delivers his letters, [339], [342-3];
silk duty dispute, [348], [349-50], [355-8];
his Audience delayed, [358], [364];
retirement, [364]
Chaoush-bashi, [93], [139], [142], [198], [216], [239], [346], [355], [356]
Chaplyn, Captain, [18-19], [304], [305], [306]
Charles II.:
knights Finch, [2];
Arlington and, [5];
policy of, [9], [15], [359];
and Levant Merchants, [10-11], App. III. [384];
and Grand Duke of Tuscany, [18];
and Rycaut, [53], [367-8];
Treaty of Dover, [69], [71], [121];
and Roman Catholics, [120-121];
letter to Grand Vizir, [99], App. II. [381-2];
letter to Grand Signor, [144], [145-6], App. II. [380-81];
gift of figs to, [170], [179-180], [209], [223];
and Turkish currency, [235];
turns against Louis, [260], [263];
appoints Finch’s successor, [311], [312], [313], [314], [329];
suspends trade with Turkey, [319], [320];
letters borne by Chandos, [337-8], [342];
resumes trade, [348-9]
Chios:
Ahmed Kuprili at, [132];
French bombard, [340-41], [346], [359]
Christ’s College, Cambridge:
Finch at, [2], [40];
Baines at, [40];
Covel at, [53], [55];
Finch and Baines buried at, [352];
Covel Master of, [369-70]
Circassian slave, [184]
Circumcision festival, [68], [105-9]
Clarendon, Earl of, [121], [367]
Cloth trade, English, [27-8], [149-50], [247], App. XII. [397]
Coke, Mr. Thomas, Cancellier, [51], [142], [144], [145]
Colbert, [50]
Collyer, Jakob, [365]
Collyer, Justinus, [298], [299-300], [328], [333].
See [Dutch Resident]
Constantinople:
city described, [24-25], [33-6], [38-9], [44-5];
Finch reaches, [20];
Grand Signor’s dislike of, [24-6], [182];
customs duties, [27];
plague in, [24], [176-7];
religious disputes in, [55-6], [57];
Finch returns to, [176];
Grand Signor at, [182-4], [196], [278]
Constantinople Embassy:
Finch’s aversion to, [4], [5];
Finch accepts, [1], [5], [11];
appointments to, App. III. [383-4];
character of post, [7-11];
chaplaincy, [54] (see [Covel]);
candidates for, [311-14]
Constantinople factory and Pentlow case, [274]
Conway, Anne, Viscountess, [3]
Conway, Lord, [3], [4], [5], [6], [9], [22], [44], [245]
Cordeliers, Spanish, [119], [122-7], [138], [150-52], [158-9], [254-5], [286]
Corsairs:
and Porte, [16-17], [84-5], [340-41], App. XV. [402-3];
and English ships, [16-17], [83], [85], App. V. [387], App. XV. [402-403]
Counterfeit coin, [76-7], [82], [234-7], App. I. [379]
Covel, Rev. John:
Constantinople chaplain, [53-7], [66], [89];
journey to Adrianople, [90], [91];
on Adrianople quarters, [91], [94], [97], [98];
on Ahmed Kuprili, [102];
during festivities, [111-13], [250];
and religious controversy, [122], [125-6];
on Turkish Court, [131], [132];
and Bocareschi, [133];
at Karagatch, [137], [148];
at Grand Signor’s Audience, [142], [143], [144], [145];
on Vani Effendi, [154];
return to Constantinople, [176];
in Grand Signor’s camp, [182-3];
leaves Constantinople, [287-8];
later career, [368-72]
Crete, war in, [14], [118]
Crim Tartar, [253]
Cromwell, Oliver, [10], [15], [120]
Crow, Sir Sackville, [10], [26], App. III. [384]
Currency, Turkish, [233-6]
Customer, Chief, see [Hussein Aga]
Customs-duties, [26-8], [349-50], [355-9]
Cypress trees, [36]
Deereham, Sir Richard, [313]
Dey of Tripoli, [83], [84], [129], [182]
Dishe parassi, [91], App. IX. [394]
Divan, [139-40]
Dositheos, [119], [125-6]
Dover, Treaty of, [69], [71], [121]
Dragoman of the Porte, see [Mavrocordato, Dr.]
Dragomans, [46-50], [204], [266], [267];
Finch’s, [50-51], [86-7], [94-5], [164], [175-6], [186-7], [203-4], [272], [315], [330].
See [Draperys] and [Perone]
Draperys, Signor Giorgio, [50-51], [89], [94], [95], [141], [144], [145-6], [164], [186-7], [188]
Drink, excess in, fashionable, [60], App. VIII. [392-3]
Druggermen, see [Dragomans]
Duquesne, Admiral, [340-41], [345], [346], [348], [359-60]
Dutch:
Kara Mustafa and, [202], [228], [296-8], [300], [359];
married, [267];
rivalry with English, [28], [237], [238], [240], [242], [247]
Dutch Cancellier, [294]
Dutch Capitulations, [296-8], [300]
Dutch Resident, [31], [160-161];
Kara Mustafa and, [202], [228], [298], [300];
Finch’s quarrels with, [299-300], [327], [332-3]
Elizabethan relations with Turks, [8], [30], [46], [326-7];
with Greeks, [119]
English:

Dutch and, [28], [237], [238], [240], [242], [247];
French and, [71-72], [73-6], [80-82], [261-2], [262-3];
Greeks and, [119];
Turks and, [16-17], [100-101], [224], [231-2], [236-7]
English, custom-house privileges of, [246-8]
English merchants, [36-9];
married, [267], [269], App. XIV. [401];
Turkish justice and, [28-30], [63], [157-8], [223-4], [231-2], [274], [307-8]
English renegades, [29-30], [149], [157-8]
English shipping:
pirates and, [16-17], [83], [85], App. V. [387], App. XV. [402-3];
Turks requisition, [15], [127-9]
Eyre, Sir John, [10]
False coin, manufacture of, [76-7], [82], [234-7]
Festivities at Adrianople, [68], [105-113], [131]
Finch, Sir Heneage (father), [1]
Finch, Sir Heneage (brother), [1], [2], [3], [288].
See [Nottingham, Earl of]
Finch, Heneage (cousin), [4].
See [Winchilsea, Earl of]
Finch, Heneage (nephew), [2]
Finch, Sir John (Baron), [1]
Finch, Sir John, Ambassador at Constantinople:
family, [1-2], [4];
early career, [2-3];
knighted, [2];
in Italy, [2], [3-5];
appointed Ambassador to the Porte, [1], [5], [11];
character of post, [7-11];
his instructions, [9], App. I. [377-379];
credentials, App. II. [380-382];
the case of the Pasha of Tunis, [16-20], [85-6];
landing at Smyrna, [19-20], [22], [71];
arrival at Constantinople, [20];
audience of the Kaimakam, [20-21], [30-31];
the new Capitulations, [26-31];
life in Constantinople, [36-41], [43-5];
devotion to Baines, [40-44], [353];
Dragomans, [50-51];
colleagues and friends, [51-67];
delays presenting credentials, [69], [88], [165], [173];
Anglo-French difficulties, [69-77];
relations with Nointel, [69], [78-82];
the Tripoli corsairs, [83-5], [102], [129], [181-2];
claims of the Pasha of Tunis, [85-6], [173-4], [244], [300];
preparations for journey, [69], [86-8];
journey to Adrianople, [89-93], App. XIII. [400];
enters city, [93-4], [172];
his quarters, [94-5], [97-8], [172];
and other diplomats, [96-7];
audience of Grand Vizir, [98-103];
preparing the Capitulations, [104], [115], [134];
at festivities, [110], [134];
dispute between Greek and Latin Fathers, [116], [119], [122-6], [150-152], [158-9];
requisitioning of English ship, [127-30];
winning favour at Court, [131-4];
Capitulations promised, [134], [138];
audience of Grand Signor, [136], [139-46], [172];
Capitulations delayed, [147-8], [149-53], [157-9];
the bribery system, [159-162];
further delays, [162-8];
Capitulations signed and delivered, [168-73], [174], App. XI. [396];
return to Constantinople, [175-6];
Levant Company’s ingratitude, [178-80];
Capitulations upheld, [180-81];
Tripoli corsairs punished, [181-2];
Grand Signor at Constantinople, [182-4];
quarrel with Genoese Resident, [185-8];
difference with Nointel, [188-190];
death of Ahmed Kuprili, [191-3]
Kara Mustafa, [194-5], [196-7], [207], [225-6];
the Soffah affair, [198-201], [202], [203-5], [207-8], [249];
diplomatic illness, [201-3], [210];
negotiations for an audience, [203-5], [207-8], [209-10], [216-19];
the Ashby case, [211-216], [218], [222], [227], [232];
audience of Kara Mustafa, [222-5];
on Kara Mustafa’s extortions, [227-30], [256];
the Aleppo dollars case, [237-43];
troubles to come, [244-245];
friendly Turkish dignitaries, [246-9], [326], [330];
on Kara Mustafa and Ambassadors, [250-255];
Greek and Latin Fathers again, [254-5];
description of the Alloy, [256-9];
Anglo-French disagreement, [260-62];
compact with Nointel, [262-3];
on Vizir’s return, [264-5];
the Pentlow case, [268-77];
on Court affairs, [278-84];
colleagues leave Turkey, [287-8];
contract with Levant Company expires, [288];
standing with Turks, [290-92];
the Smyrna Jew’s case, [293-5];
Kara Mustafa holds Capitulations for ransom, [295-6], [343];
quarrels with Dutch Resident, [299-300], [327-9], [332-4];
revival of case of Pasha of Tunis, [301], [302-10];
Finch stands firm, [308-10];
proceedings suspended, [310-11], [314], [329], [330-31], [335], [336], [337];
his successor appointed, [311-14], [329];
breach with Kara Mustafa, [314-20];
on the Kehayah’s execution, [322-6], [327], [329];
Kara Mustafa’s temporary friendliness, [330-31];
awaiting Chandos, [335], [336], [337], [342];
on trouble between France and Turkey, [342], [345-7];
the Pasha of Tunis defeated, [343];
death of Baines, [344-5], [347];
departure from Turkey, [347-8], [350];
the voyage home, [350-52];
death and burial, [352]
Fireworks, Turkish, [107-8]
Florence, Finch at, [3], [4], [5], [7], [18], [19], [33], [40]
France:
England and, [69], [71], [121];
war with, [375], App. XVI. [406-7];
Germany and, [31], [170], [171], [361];
Spain and, [171]
Turkey and, [15], [118];
crisis between, [339-342], [345], [348], [359], [361]
France, King of, styled Padishah, [30]
Franceschi, Domenico, [16], [17], [18]
Franks:
marriages of, [266-7], App. XIV. [401];
Turks and, [11-12], [14-15], [17], [65-6], [335], [359], [360-361], [365]
French:
against Turks in Crete, [15], [118];
and interpreter problem, [49-50];
ceremonialism, [200];
married factors, [267], [286];
rivalry and disputes with English, [69-70], [71-6], [80-82], [203], [206], [224], [238], [247];
war on Tripoli pirates, [339-41], [345], [348], [359]
Galata, [35], [186], [266], App. XIV. [401]
Genoa, [18], [234], [283]
Genoese Resident, [185-8], [202], [228-9], [283], [286], [294], [321]
German Emperor’s Resident, [31], [96].
See [Kindsberg]
German Internuncio, [263-4], [280]
Germany:
France and, [31], [170], [171], [361];
supports Latin Fathers, [117]
Glover, Sir Thomas, [119]
Golden Horn, the, [35]
Goodwill, the, App. V. [387]
Grand Signor, [8], [15], [35];
and vassal corsairs, [84-5], [102], [244], [248-9], [303], [340-41].
See [Mohammed IV].
Grand Vizirs, [12], [103-4], [293].
See [Ahmed Kuprili], [Kara Mustafa], [Mohammed Kuprili]
Greek and Latin Churches, feud between, [55-6], [57], [116-19], [120], [122-7], [150-52], [158-9], [254-5], [286]
Greek Patriarchs, [55-6], [122]
Greeks, English and, [119]
Guilds, processions of, [105], [106], [257], [259]
Guilleragues, M. de:
the Soffah question, [285-7], [321], [326], [334-5], [342], [346-7];
and bombardment of Chios, [340], [341-2], [346-7], [360]
Gunning, Lady, [373]
Haghen, Cornelius, [300]
Haratch, [266], [267]
Harem intrigues, [103], [324], [326-7]
Harvey, Sir Daniel, [1], [4], [8], [17], [26], [177];
and pirates, [17], [85];
and Nointel, [70];
and Catholics, [121-2];
and false coin, [235], [236];
Grand Signor and, [146], App. X. [395];
Ahmed Kuprili and, App. IV. [386];
Kara Mustafa and, [207]
Hasnadar, [161], [212], [215], [216], [222]
Hattisherif, Aleppo, [27], [150]
Hedges and Palmer, Messrs., [61-2]
Hoffmann, German Internuncio, [263-4], [280]
Hoggiet, [293], [305]
Holland, Resident of, see [Dutch Resident]
Holy League, [365]
Holy Roman Empire, [280]
Holy Sepulchre disputes, [116-19], [122-7], [158-9], [254-5], [286]
Hunter, the, [74], [81], [183]
Hunter, the (Mohammed IV.), [25]
Hussein Aga, Chief Customer, [134], [180-81];
friendly to Finch, [210], [246-8], [319], [320], [326];
and Ashby case, [214], [215-16];
and Aleppo dollars, [239], [241], [242];
and Pentlow case, [366]
Hyet, Mr., [95], [142], [144], [356]
Ibrahim, Sultan, [25]
Imperial Resident, see [Kindsberg] and [Sattler]
Interpreters, [21], [30-31], [47-8], [49-50]
Italy, Finch in, [2], [3], [33]
James II., [369], App. XV. [402-3]
Janissaries, [91], [136], [139], [141], [256], [257], [258]
Jenkins, Sir Leoline, [315], [316]
Jersey, Earl of, [366]
Jerusalem, the, App. XV. [402]
Jerusalem:
Holy Sepulchre disputes, [116-19], [122-7], [151], [158-9], [254-5], [286];
Patriarch, [119], [125];
Nointel at, [151]
Jesuits, [120]
Jew, Kara Mustafa’s, [296], [298], [343], [366]
Jew of Smyrna, case of, [292-3], [296]
Jewish quarter, Adrianople, [94], [98]
Kaftans, [20], [100], [102-3], [169], [197], [217], [219], [248]
Kaimakam, [19-20], [30-31], [88]
Karagatch, [137], [139], [148], [175]
Kara Mustafa, [152], [193-5], [196], [230-231], [284-5];
motives of his extortions, [230-31]
Ambassadors and Residents, [196-197], [202]
Dutch, [202], [228], [229], [297-8], [300], [332-3], [359]
English:
Finch:
diplomatic illness, [201-3], [210];
negotiations for audience, [203-8], [209-10], [216-19], [221-2];
the Ashby case, [212], [213], [216], [217-18], [219], [222], [231-2];
audience with, [222-5];
Aleppo dollars case, [238-44];
the Pentlow case, [286-76];
Capitulations held for ransom, [293-6], [343];
the Pasha of Tunis, [302-10], [314-20]
Chandos:
and Charles II.’s letters, [337-8], [342-3];
silk duty case, [349-50], [355-9]
French:
Nointel, [197-9], [200], [201], [207], [208-9], [226];
Guilleragues, [286-7], [334-5], [341], [342], [346-7], [360-61]
Genoese, [202], [228-9], [283], [321]
German, [228], [264], [280], [279], [280-81]
Polish, [251-4], [255], [259-60], [279]
Ragusan, [228], [230], [250-51], [284]
Russian, [255], [256], [279-80]
Venetian, [202], [227-8], [229-30], [279], [281-3], [321], [359]
the Soffah affair, [198-9], [203], [207] 208, [286], [290], [334-5], [341], [342], [343], [346-7];
and Capitulations, [223], [244], [293-6], [343];
extortions from Turks, [230], [256];
the Russian war, [257], [258], [265], [361];
and married Franks, [267], [270];
his Kehayah executed, [323-5], [326], [327], [329];

attacks Austria, [361-2];
defeated, [363-4];
executed, [364]
Kehayah, Ahmed Kuprili’s (Soliman), [86], [104];
Finch interviews, [114], [115], [116], [125];
and requisitioning of English ship, [127-8];
and delayed Capitulations, [134], [138], [147], [150], [158], [166-7], [174];
and title of Padishah, [150], [159], [160-161], [173];
and customs dues, [180-181];
and Tripoli corsairs, [182];
and Ahmed’s death, [191];
becomes Master of the Horse, [195], [323], [324], [331-2];
Kara Mustafa and, [323], [324], [326], [331];
sent to Mecca, [332];
becomes Vizir, [365]
Kehayah, Kara Mustafa’s, [197];
refuses Finch’s Bairamlik, [216-217];
and Aleppo dollars, [239], [241];
and Polish Ambassador, [254];
and Pentlow case, [272], [273], [276];
threatens tax on Ambassadors, [283];
and case of Pasha of Tunis, [218], [306], [307], [315], [316], [317-18], [319];
executed, [320-25]
his successor, [355], [356]
Kindsberg, Count, German Emperor’s Resident, [31], [96-7], [133];
Kara Mustafa and, [228], [263], [279], [280];
death of, [264], [280-81]
Kislar Aga, [103], [319], [323-4], [326]
Knatchbull, Major, [313]
Konaks, [90]
Kuchuk Chekmejé, [90]
La Croix, M. de, [96], [97]
Landed and trading classes, [58-9], App. VII. [390]
Latin and Greek Churches, feud between, [55-6], [57], [116-19], [120], [122-7], [150-52], [158-9], [254-5], [286]
Lawson, Sir John, [85]
Lello, Henry, [119]
Leopold, Emperor, [362]
Leopold, Prince, [3]
Leslie, Walter, [96]
Levant, luxuries of the, [37-9]
Levant Company, [7];
Charter of, [10], App. III. [383-4];
and Ambassador’s appointment, [7], [10-11], App. III. [383-4];
instructions to officers by, App. VI. [388-9];
trade of, App. XII. [397-8];
and Pasha of Tunis, [17-18];
opposes credit system, [178], App. XII. [397-9];
forbids temeens, [235], [236-7], [238];
imports Lion dollars, [237];
false economy of, [238], [243];
and Pentlow case, [270-71];
and suspension of trade with Turkey, [319-20], [337-8];
forced to resume trade, [348-9]
Finch and, [9], [11], [178-9], [288], [311]
Treasurer of, see [North]
Levantine Families, [267], App. XIV. [401]
Libraries, [17]th century, App. VI. [388-9]
Lion dollars, [233], [235], [236], [237-43]
Lorraine, Duke of, [262], [263]
Louis XIV.:
Charles II. and, [69], [71], [260], [263];
and Soffah, [334];
and Barbary pirates, [339], [342], [359];
and Turkish campaign against Austria, [361], [362]
Lucaris, Cyril, [119-120]
Luigini, [233-6]
Mahomet Kuprili, see [Mohammed Kuprili]
Majorca corsairs, [72]
Malta, Finch at, [19]
Marriages of Franks, [267], App. XIV. [401]
Mary and Martha, the, [183]
Matthewes, Sir Phi., [313]
Mavrocordato, Dr., Dragoman of the Porte, [100], [140], [143], [144], [164], [168], [198], [217], [239], [300]
Mediterranean, the, [16], [17], [18], [304], [306]
Meletios, [119]
Merchants trading into Levant Seas, see [Levant Company]
Mohammed IV., Grand Signor, [24], [25], [105-6];
and hunting, [25], [259];
dislike of Constantinople, [24-6], [182];
and Capitulations, [27], [166-8], [169];
forbids tobacco, [63];
at his festivities, [68-9], [87], [105-6];
requisitions English ship, [127-8];
prohibits intoxicants, [131], [148], [153], [322], [324];
flees plague, [137];
Finch’s audience with, [138], [140], [143-6];
and Vani Effendi, [153-4];
signature to Capitulations, [166-8], [169];
letters to Charles II., [170];
in Constantinople, [182-3];
leaves Constantinople, [191];
and death of Ahmed Kuprili, [192], [231];
returns to Constantinople, [196];
demands on Kara Mustafa, [231];
in Silistria, [251];
his Alloy, [257-258];
fills Seraglio, [278];
returns to Adrianople, [317], [318];
executes Kehayah, [322-3], [324], [325];
and Soliman, [331];
Charles II.’s letters to, [337-8], App. II. [380-381];
and corsairs, [84-5], [102], [244], [248-9], [303], [340];
and Guilleragues, [346];
reign ends, [365]
Mohammed Kuprili, [12], [13], [225], App. IV. [385-6]
Moldavia, Prince of, [51], [256], [284]
Money, Turkish, [233-6]
More, Henry, [352]
Morosini, Signor, [185], [282].
See [Bailo of Venice]
Mufti, the, [105], [132], [149], [152], [158], [269], [357]
Muhurdar, [166], [168]
Munden, Sir Richard, [261]
Murad III., [26]
Muscovy:
campaign against, [32], [257], [258], [265], [361];
Embassy from, [255-6], [259-60], [279-80]
Mustafa Pasha, [152].
See [Kara Mustafa]
Muteferrika, [133], [134]
Naculs, [110]
Narbrough, Admiral Sir John, [129], [181-2], [244], [248-9]
Neale, Mr. Thomas, [313]
Nicholas, Secretary, [121]
Nicusi, Panayoti, [117], [118]
Nimeguen, Treaty of, [263]
Nishanji-bashi, [140], [141], [142], [159]
Nointel, Marquis de, [69];
and Smyrna disturbance, [72], [73];
Rycaut and, [73-5], [77], [82];
Finch’s interview with, [78-82];
at Adrianople, [95];
and religious disputes, [117], [118], [122], [123], [151], [152];
Ahmed Kuprili and, [165];
quarrel with Finch, and reconciliation, [188-91];
Kara Mustafa and, [197-9], [200], [201], [207], [208-9], [227], [229];
the Soffah question, [198-201], [206], [207], [208-9];
Anglo-French compact with Finch, [262-3];
leaves Turkey, [287]
North, Hon. Dudley:
early career, and character, [57-67];
economic genius, [67], [373-4], App. XVI. [404-6];
and journey to Adrianople, [87], [90], [94], [95];
at festivities, [106], [110-11], [113-14];
and religious disputes, [124];
during plague, [137-8];
at Grand Signor’s audience, [142], [144-5];
and Capitulations negotiations, [157], [160], [161], [167-8];
leaving Adrianople, [175];
on Ashby case, [211], [232];
and Kara Mustafa, [226];
and Aleppo dollars, [239], [242], [243];
Hussein Aga and, [248];
in Adrianople, [272];
leaves Turkey, [287];
a candidate for Embassy, [312-13];
resumes trade too soon, [348];
political career, [372-5];
trial, [374-5];
pamphlet by, App. XVI. [404-6];
back in Turkey trade, [375];
farming, [375];
death, [376]
North, Lady Dudley, [373]
North, Montagu, [62], [287], [356]
Nottingham, Earl of, [2], App. VII. [390]
Ottavi, [233-6]
Oxford, the, [336], [337], [347], [348]
Padishah, the title of, [30-31], [145], [150], [159], [160], [172-3]
Padua, Finch at, [2], [40], [168]
Pagett, Lord, [365], [366-7]
Palatine of Kulm, [251-3], [254], [255]
Palmer, Mr., [61-2]
Panayotaki, [117-18]
Parker, Captain, [75]
Pasha of Aleppo, [237-8], [243]
Pasha of Tunis, [16-20], [85-7], [173-4], [218], [244], [248];
his Vakil, [218];
his case revived, [301-11], [314-17], [329], [330], [335], [337];
Chandos defeats, [343]
Pashas and Pashaliks, [91]
Patriarch of Constantinople, [122]
Patriarch of Jerusalem, [119], [125]
Pay day of troops, [136], [140-141]
Pentlow case, [268-76], [365], [366-7]
Pera, [35], [38], [162], [165], [176], [267], [335];
illicit still at, [186]
Perone, Signor Antonio, [51], [86-7], [88], [92], [94-5], [164], [166-7], [272]
Peskeshji-bashi, [139], [141]
Pickering, Dr., [142]
Pirates:
and English shipping, [16-17], [72-3], [83], [85], App. V. [387], App. XV. [402-3];
French and, [72-3], [339-41], [345], [348], [359];
the Porte and, [16-17], [84-5], [102], [244], [248-9], [303], [340-41], App. XV. [402-3]
Pisa, Finch at, [2]
Pizzamano, Signor, [211], [212], [214-15], [216], [222]
Plague, [39];
in Adrianople, [136-7], [138], [156], [163], [168], [174], [175-6];
in Constantinople, [39], [176-7];
in Karagatch, [148];
Ambassadors die of, [252-3], [264]
Podolia, [254]
Poland:
Turkey and, [14], [31], [32], [68];
peace negotiations, [210], [251-3], [254], [264];
and Holy Sepulchre, [254];
announces truce with Muscovites, [279];
and Turkish overthrow, [363-4];
in Holy League, [365]
Polish Ambassador, Kara Mustafa and, [251-4], [255], [259-60], [279]
Pope and Turks, [284]
Popish Plot, [372], App. XVI. [406]
Prince, the Turkish, [108-9], [258]
Puntiglio, Finch and, [20], [30-31], [78], [80], [87], [88], [95-6], [188-9], [199], [200], [203-4], [210], [217], [219], [299], [326], [327-9]
Queen Regent, [324], [326]
Ragusa, Ambassador of:
at Adrianople, [96], [112], [113];
Kara Mustafa and, [228], [230], [250-51], [284]
Rais Effendi, [104];
and Capitulations, [114], [134], [147], [149], [157], [159], [166], [167], [172], [173], [174];
and audience with Kara Mustafa, [204-5];
and Kara Mustafa’s extortions, [229], [230];
and Palatine of Kulm, [254];
and Pasha of Tunis case, [302], [306], [330-31], [336]
Rayahs, [266], [267], App. XIV. [401]
Renegades, [29-30], [107], [149], [157-8], [212]
Residents and Ambassadors, [205-6]
Roe, Sir Thomas, [120], [220-21], [285] (note)
Roman Catholics:
in England, [119], [120], [121], [126];
in Turkey, [48-9], [120], [121];
Charles II. and, [120-121]
Russia:
Turco-Polish campaign against, [32];
Kara Mustafa attacks, [255-60], [264], [361];
peace negotiations, [279-80];
in Holy League, [361]
Rycaut, Sir Paul, [51-3], [66];
and Anglo-French disputes, [71], [73-75], [77], [82], [261];
and Turks, [133] (note), [290];
on Ahmed Kuprili, App. IV. [386];
and Ashby case, [211-12];
and coining, [236];

and Pentlow case, [271], [273], [276];
leaves Turkey, [287];
desires Constantinople Embassy, [312], [313];
subsequent career, [367-8]
St. Demetrius Hill, [177], [264]
St. Gothard, battle of, [14]
St. John, Mrs., [366], [367]
Sattler, Imperial Resident, [263], [264], [280]
Scanderoon, [72], [218]
Scutari, [36]
Sedan chairs, Turks and, [291]
Selivria, [91], [191]
Seraglio, Grand Signor’s, [35], [182], [278];
intrigues in, [103], [324], [326-7]
Seven Towers, [208], [228], [282], [298], [317], [346]
Silk duty dispute, [349-50], [355-9]
Smith, Mr. Gabriel, [268], [269], [271], [272-6]
Smith, Dr. Thomas, [54]
Smyrna:
Finch lands at, [19], [20], [71-2];
Anglo-French disputes at, [71-2], [73-6], [80-82], [261-2];
library at, App. VI. [389];
life in, [38-9];
North at, [59-60]
Smyrna factory, [20], [27], [38-9], [60], [165-6];
and Ashby case, [213], [218];
and Pentlow case, [274], [276]
Smyrna figs, [170], [179-80], [209], [223]
Smyrna Jew, case of, [292-3], [296]
Smyrna wine, App. VIII. [392-3]
Sobieski, King of Poland, [32], [279], [363], [364]
Soffah, the, [98-9];
Nointel and, [198-201], [206], [207], [208-9];
Finch and, [201-208], [209], [249], [290];
Guilleragues and, [285-7], [321], [326], [334-5], [342], [346-7];
Chandos and, [343]
Soliman, see [Kehayah, Ahmed Kuprili’s]
Spain:
France and, [171];
Turkey and, [8], [117], [119]
Spanish Cordeliers, [119], [122-7], [138], [150-52], [158-9], [254-5], [286]
Spinola, Signor, [185-8], [228-9], [294], [321].
See [Genoese Resident]
“Sporca,” Sultana, [184]
Spragge, Sir Edward, [85]
Stamboli Effendi, [213], [214], [215], [216]
Stambul described, [35];
Grand Signor and, [24]
Sultan, see [Mohammed IV.]
Sultana “Sporca,” [184]
Sunderland, Earl of, [315]
Sweepstakes, the, [72]
Tangier, [9]
Tartar Han, [253]
“Teeth money,” [91], App. IX. [394]
Tefterdar, [138], [140], [141], [142], [149], [150], [157], [239]
Temeens, [233-6]
Terlingo, German Internuncio, [280]
Thynne, Sir Thomas, [313]
Tobacco forbidden, [63]
Tories and Whigs, [372], [374], App. XVI. [407]
Trading and landed classes, [58-9], App. VII. [390-391]
Travellers, fear of, [91-2]
Treaty of Dover, [69], [71], [121]
Treaty of Nimeguen, [263]
Tripoli corsairs:
English and, [16], [83-5], [86], [102], [129], [181-2];
French and, [339-41], [346];
the Porte and, [16-17], [84-5], [102], [244], [248-9], [303], [340-41]
Tunis, Pasha of, see [Pasha of Tunis]
Turkey, [6], [8], [12];
cheap and luxurious living in, [37-8];
oppression in, [11-12], [38], [290-291];
plague in, [39]
Turkey:
Austria and, [361], [362];
England and, [16-17], [100-101];
France and, [15], [118], [339-42], [345], [348], [359], [361];
Poland and, [14], [31], [32], [68], [251-4], [264], [363-364];
Russia and, [32], [255-6], [264], [279-80], [361];
Spain and, [8], [117], [119];
Venice and, [8], [14], [15-16], [281-3], [286]
Turks:
and European envoys, [205-206], [220-21], [303-4], App. XV. [402-3];
tyranny of, [11-12], [38], [290-91];
Baines on, [22-3];
and Finch, [19-20], [291];
North’s popularity with, [63-6]
Tuscany:
Finch in, [2],3;
coining in, [234]
Tuscany, Grand Duke of:
Finch and, [3], [16], [19];
and pirates, [16], [18], [19]
Ukrania surrendered, [253]
Vani Effendi, Sheikh, [153-7]
Vasvar, Peace of, [14]
Venetian Ambassador, see [Bailo of Venice]
Venetians:
and Aleppo dollars, [238];
affray between Turks and, [359]
Venice:
and Turkey, [8], [14], [15-16], [281-3], [286];
in Holy League, [364-5]
Vienna, siege of, [362-4], [366]
Wallachia, Prince of, [256]
Wedding festivities, [68], [109-110]
Whigs and Tories, [372], [374], App. XVI. [407]
William of Orange, Covel and, [369-70]
William, Prince of Furstenberg, [170-171]
Winchilsea, Earl of, [4], [8-9];
on Ahmed Kuprili, [13], App. IV. [386];
on Constantinople, [34];
Rycaut and, [52], [312];
his Dragoman, [51];
and Capitulations, [26], [98], [167];
and pirates, [85], App. V. [387];
and Jerusalem Fathers, [120], [121], [124-5];
during plague, [177]
Wych, Sir Peter, [120]
Zechrin, [256], [264]

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