[10] Sultan Mohammed Khan, the conqueror of Constantinople, died at Mal-dipa, A. H. 886, A. D. 1481.
[11] A species of light-sailing vessels.
[12] Levend; a sort of volunteers who serve in the Turkish navy.
[13] Kili, the ancient Lycostomos, a town on the northern mouth of the Danube.
[14] One of the Sultan’s titles.
[15] In the original the date is 970; but this is evidently a mistake, as may be seen below; or by consulting the author’s chronological tables.
[16] Cantemir in giving an account of this expedition doubts whether it was the king of France who assisted the Venetians on this occasion, because the Turks call all the European nations Franks; but our author generally distinguishes France by the name of Fransa.
[17] Rafezi, the Mohammedan sect of the Shiites, or followers of Ali, which chiefly prevails in Persia. The Turks consider them heretics.
[18] In the original surkh ser, red heads, a term of contempt applied by the Turks to the Persians.
[19] The first chapter of the Koran.