[57] Cf. also Cantimir, “Suleiman gave Ibrahim his sister in marriage.” Jorga on the other hand says that Ibrahim married a daughter of Iskender Chelebi, but I have seen no such statement elsewhere, except the following ambiguous statement in Solakzadeh: “Between Iskender and Ibrahim Pasha the relation of father and son existed.” P. 478. Abdurrahman Sheref writes in his Tarih Osmanieh, “Some historians say that Ibrahim was brother‐in‐law to the Sultan.” Petchevi and the Venetian Baillies Bragadino and Pietro Zen, while giving detailed accounts of the wedding feast say nothing of the bride.
[58] For accounts see Petchevi, op. cit., vol. i, pp. 79 et seq.; Solakzadeh, op. cit.; Marini Sanuto, op. cit., vol. 36, pp. 505 et seq., with references passim. Also von Hammer, op. cit., vol. v, pp. 52 et seq., and Cantimir, op. cit.
[59] “Ed in quella ne sono distesi molti pavioni, tra li qual quello del Gran signor, uno che fo de Uson Cassan, che fu quello quando l’ebbe la rotta da sultan Machmet, l’altro del signor Sophi, che fu aquistado da sultan Selim, l’altro del sultan Elgauri, conquistado pur per el ditto sultan Selim. Quanto siano di richezza e di magnificentia et bellezza bisogneria con el penello in longo tempo farla, et si haveria fatica per la gran superbia et valuta è in quelli.” Marini Sanuto, op. cit., vol. xxxvi, p. 505.
[60] Tutta la terra. Marino Sanuto, op. cit., vol. xxxvi, p. 505.
[61] Marino Sanuto, vol. xli, p. 526.
[62] Until the introduction of tables from the West, and to this day in certain houses, Turkish meals are served on large trays placed on stools.
[63] Von Hammer says that Ali also tells this story, but that the other Turkish historians omit it. Op. cit., vol. v, note, p. 145.
[64] Petchevi, Tarih Osmanieh, p. 93.
[65] Souheila, in his History of Egypt (Misr), says that Suleiman originally planned to go himself to Egypt, but that the grand vizir said, “If it be the glorious command of the just king, we are sufficient for the service,” whereupon he was appointed chief of the expedition.
[66] Petchevi, Sadullah Säid, and Solakzadeh who was present on the expedition, and following them, Djelalzadeh and Abdurrahman Sheref. As I have been unable to obtain a copy of Djelalzadeh, I am obliged to depend on Von Hammer’s quotations from his history.