[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.