[92] Staff of Moses; one of the relics held sacred by the Greeks at the time.
[93] Gibbon's statement of Mahomet II's. opinion.
[94] Punishment of those in hell, according to Koran.
[95] See effigy in the museum of the Elbicei-Atika at Constantinople.
[96] A similar remark was made afterward by Mahomet II. to a chief officer who asked him his plans for a certain campaign.
[97] Koran, Chapter IV. "When you are saluted with a salutation, salute the person with a better salutation, or at least return the same."
[98] According to the Koran the houris perspire musk.
[99] About an English pound sterling.
[100] Kaikji; a common boatman.
[101] Koran, Chap. II.