[102] The mabeyn lies between the selamlik (general reception room for men) and the haremlik; and is the living apartment for men.
[103] The sluice which was supposed to have been used for this purpose is still seen at Old Seraglio Point.
[104] According to Knowles, this was a part of Scanderbeg's reply to Amurath II.
[105] The firman of Sultan Mahomet was never revoked, and from his time until the extinction of the order of Janizaries by Sultan Mahmoud, in 1834, the Padishah always appointed the Chief Aga.
[106] The word Drakul signifies in Servian "the Devil."
[107] Vide Knowles, History of the Turks, and Albanian Chronicles.
[108] Modern Alessio.
[109] Koran, Chapter VI.
[110] The price of blood, generally 1000 piastres among the poorer classes, which was paid by the culprit to the village where the crime was committed, and by it paid to the general government.
[111] Castriot married late in life.