Ibrahim Pasha: Grand Vizir of Suleiman the Magnificent

by Hester Donaldson Jenkins

[154] Kemalpashazadeh, Histoire de la Campagne de Mohacz. Trans. by Pavet de Courteille, Paris, 1869.

[155] Kupelwieser, op. cit., p. 227.

[156] Letter from Ferdinand of Austria to his sister. “Comme les turcz ayans donne plusieurs assaulx au chasteau de Peterwardein quils tienquient assiege y ont perdus beaucop de leuers gens comme de X ou XII in hommes.” Monumenta Hungariae Historica, vol. i, p. 37.

[157] Kemalpashazadeh, op. cit., p. 95.

[158] Kemalpashazadeh, op. cit., p. 104.

[159] Ferdinand of Austria naturally did not feel so strongly. Cf. letter to Margaret in 1526. Mon. Hung. Hist., vol. i, p. 41.

[160] Even the Sheik‐ul‐Islam acknowledges this, gloating over the fall of the enemies of God. Kemalpashazadeh, op. cit., p. 107.

[161] “The spoils are Gods of the Apostles: fear God and settle it among yourselves.” Koran, Surah VIII.

[162] “Ego inquit vici Hungaros. Magnus Caesar non interfuit prelio sad tantum audito clamore, conscendit equum et volebat succurere. Sed ego confestim misi nuncium, victoriam iam partam este.” Gévay, op. cit., vol. ii, p. 22.

[163] Asaf was Solomon’s traditional vizir. Ardeshir was a famous Sassanian king.