The Captain of the Janizaries / A story of the times of Scanderberg and the fall of Constantinople

by James M. Ludlow

[42] Tribes of Turkius were mentioned by Pliny.

[43] This perversion of the Christian dogma of the Trinity was taught by heretical sects in the time of the Prophet Mahomet, and is embodied in the Koran.

[44] A. D., 1444.

[45] Fiefs or portions of conquered lands given to soldiers.

[46] Sir William Temple.

[47] Still a Servian and Albanian superstition.

[48] Moslems do not remove the hat in making salutation.

[49] Two horse-tails; the symbol of a Beyler Bey, a chief bey of Europe or Asia.

[50] A title of Janizaries given them by the dervish who blessed the order at its institution in the days of Orchan.

[51] According to the Moslems, hell is divided into seven stories or cellars, the lowest being reserved for hypocrites.