Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor / Series One and Series Two in one Volume

by R. Walsh

• A
• Abdul Hamed Khan, Historical Sketch, vol. i. page [xxv]
• Achmet I. his reign and policy, i. [xx]
• Achmet II. events of his reign, i. [xxii]
• Achmet III. events of his reign, i. [xxxiii];
  • ii. recovers Morea from the Venetians, [6]
• Acroceraunian, ii. [83]
• Acropolis at Sardis, i. [66], [68]; ii. [5], [7]
• Adrianople, ii. [40], [44], [74]
• Aiasaluk, i. [64], [65]
• Ain Ali Kasa Seraï, or Palace of Mirrors, ii. [61]
• Ak Hissar, or the White Castle, ii. [42]
• Alexius, i. [viii], ix; ii. [5]
• Ali Pasha, ii. [7], [78];
  • death of, ii. [84]
• Alyattes, tomb of, ii. [94]
• Arda, ii. [74]
• Argyro-Castro, ii. [81]
• Ambassador, first resident, English, at Constantinople, i. [xx];
  • foreign, imprisoned in Seven Towers, [22]
• Amurath forms the corps of Janissaries, i. [xiii]
• Amurath III. his reign i. [xx]
• Amurath IV. his reign and character, i. [xxi]
• Ansar, tomb of, ii. [33]
• Antiochus, defeated at Magnesia, ii. [41]
• Andronicus Comnenus, i. [xxiii];
  • Palæologus, [xxxiii]; ii. [10], [29]
• Apollonius of Tyana, i. [15]; ii. [31]
• Aqueduct of Valens, i. [6]; ii. [61]
• Argonautic expedition, i. [i]
• Arrhuba, description of, i. [32], [33]
• Asmé Sultana, ii. [34], [83]
• Athos, monks of, ii. [16]
• Atmeidan, or Hippodrome, fountain of, i. [44]; ii. [6]
• Aurut Bazaar, female slave-market, i. [37]; ii. [57]
• Aya Demetri, ii. [44]
• Ayasmata, or Holy Wells, ii. [51]
• Ayans, proprietors of soil, ii. ib.
• Ayos Theodoros, saint of the Greek church, ii. [31], [32]
• B
• Babu Humayun, Sublime Porte, entrance to Seraglio, i. [26]; ii. [6], [38]
• Babec, i. [61], [62]
• Bajazet, i;
  • his brutality, [xiii], [xiv]; ii. [45], [47], [50], [51]
• Balkan Mountains, i.;
  • general description of, [54], [55];
  • character of natives, [56];
  • passes by Haidhos, [56];
  • by Tâtar Bazaar, [57];
  • Bulgarian side, [73];
  • precautions in crossing, [57];
  • ii. pass of, and waterfall, [40], [63]
• Balukli, place of fishes, ii. [28], [29], [30]
• Baluk hané, i. [40]
• Barbarossa, history of, i. [xviii]
• Barbyses, or Sweet Waters of Europe, i. [57], [58]; ii. [43]
• Barges for passengers, i. [5]
• Bastarnæ, nation of, ii. [63]
• Bathing, Turkish, i. [36];
  • effects of, [37]
• Baths, use of in the East, i. [35];
  • description of, ib.;
  • female, [37]
• Bazaars, i. [41], [43];
• Bazarjik, ii. [40]
• Beggars, Turkish, i. [39]
• Belgrade, ii. [92]
• Bendts, reservoirs of water, i. [8];
  • precautions to preserve, [14]
• Beshiktash, kiosk of sultans there, ii. [3]
• Berat, ii. [15]
• Bible Society, ii. [53]
• Blachernæ, district of, ii. [48]
• Booz Bournou, or Cape of Ice, i. [31]
• Boordé, Arabian poet, ii. [50]
• Bosphorus, origin of, i. [9];
  • meaning of word, [10];
  • historic events of, ib;
  • beauty of shores, [11];
  • entrance to from Black Sea, [52], description of, [53];
  • palaces on, [69];
  • rapids of, ib; ii. [20]
• Brousa, warm baths, i. [28], [29]; ii. [51]
• Buda, ii. [75]
• Bulgarians, character and habits of, i. [55], [56];
  • ii. minstrels of, [52]
• Burial, Turkish ceremonies of, i. [24]
• Buyuk Tchekmadgé, or Great Bridge, ii. [58], [61]
• Byron, Lord, his tomb at Missolonghi, ii. [91]
• Byzantium, origin of, i. p. [ii];
  • taken by the Romans, [iii];
  • chosen by Constantine, [iv]
• C
• Caffinet, interior of, i. [59], [61]
• Caïques, description of, i. [4];
  • hané, ii. [46]
• Cairo, ii. [44]
• Caloyers, Greek monks, i. [22];
  • escape of one, [32];
  • meaning of name, ii. [15]
• Candaules, king of Lydia, ii. [93]
• Cannon, enormous one cast by Mahomet II. i. [xiv];
  • fondness of Turks for, [20]
• Cantacuzene, allows the Genoea to build a wall round Galata, i. [xii], [xxiv];
  • builds Joannina, ii. [78]
• Calosso, Italian riding-master, ii. [66]
• Cara Osman Oglou, family of, ii. [31]
• Caravanseraï, description of, i. [76];
  • at Guzel-hissar, ib.
• Carpoos, water-melon, i. [8]
• Capitan Pasha, ii. [59], [60]
• Capi Tchocadar, found assassinated, ii. [59]
• Casas Arptine presents the sultan with steam-boat, ii. [62]
• Casim Pasha, district of, ii. [58], [59]
• Cavac, general name for melon, i. [8]
• Cemetery of Scutari, i. [12];
  • extreme beauty of, and why enlarged, [13];
  • Petit Champ des Morts, [23]
• Chalcedon, building of, i. p. [i];
  • called City of Blind Men, p. [ii].
• Chalki, island of, ii. [21]
• Chocsecen, castle of Europe, why so called, i. [11]
• Chrysostom, his chair, ii. [48]
• Circassia, description of, ii. [55];
  • slaves of, [56]
• Cistern of Bin-bir-derek, i. [14];
  • Yéré-batan Seraï, [82], [83]
• Clazomenæ, ii. [80]
• Coal-mine, i. [6]
• Comneni, family of, i. [xxxii]; ii. [7]
• Confectionary, Turkish, i. [34]
• Constantine, his conversion and success, i. p. [iii];
  • family of, [xxviii]; ii. [35], [52]
• Constantinople, building of, i. [v];
  • enlarged by Theodosius, [vi];
  • attacked by Saracens, [vii];
  • taken by crusaders, [ix];
  • devastation of, [x];
  • recovered by Greeks, [xi];
  • visited by Genoese, ib;
  • taken by Mahomet II. [xv];
  • emperors and sultans of, from time of dedication to present day, [xxviii]., [xxxvi];
  • view of Golden Horn, i;
  • description of, [1], [2];
  • objects which strike a stranger in, [59], [60];
  • halls of, [81]; ii. [45], [46], [58]
• Crescent, origin of, i. p. [ii].
• Crete, taken by Mahomet IV. i. [21]
• Cross on Turkish flags, i. [6]
• Crusaders, i. [viii];
  • barbarity, [ix], [x];
  • where crossed the Bosphorus, [10]
• Cybele, statue of, ii. [11]
• Cyclades of Propontis, ii. [20];
  • anchored in, by Admiral Duckworth, [21];
  • resorted to in time of plague, [22]
• Cypress, funeral tree of Turks, why, i. [12];
  • attains a magnificent size, ib.
• D
• Daniel, robe of purple, ii. [41]
• Dardanelles, ii. [20]
• Darius, where he crossed the Bosphorus, i. [10]
• Delhi Abdalla, anecdotes of, i. [5];
  • Capitan Pasha, ib.
• Delhi Delila, description of, ii. [66]
• Deré beys, lords of the valleys, ii. [11]
• Diana, temple of, Ephesus, i. [64]; ii. [42]
• Djami, mosque of, i. [17]; ii. [49]
• Diocletian, his persecution, i. p. [iii]
• Du-kirke, burying place of sultans, ii. [51]
• Diomedes fed his horses on human flesh, ii. [62]
• Diospolis, or Laodicea, ii. [86]
• Divan, why so called, ii. [67];
  • used for court of justice, ib.; galibé or council-chamber, [69];
  • for payment of troops, [70];
  • reception of foreign ministers, [71]
• Djuzê Khenana, reciters of the sacred page, ii. [50]
• Dogs in market-places, i. [8];
  • in Turkish cemeteries, [25]
• Dolma, a species of gourd, i. [8].
• Domosderé, valley of boats, coal-mine at, i. [6]
• Druno, ii. [81]
• E
• Ederne, ii. [74]
• Elizabeth, queen of England, Latin letter to Selim II. i. [xx]
• Emir Sultan, Brusa, i. [31]; ii. [47]
• Emperors of Constantinople, family of Constantine, i. [xxviii];
  • of Jovian, ib.;
  • of Valentinianus, ib.;
  • of Theodosius, [xxix];
  • of Leo, ib.;
  • of Anastatius, ib.;
  • of Justinus Thrax, ib.;
  • of Tiberius, ib.;
  • of Phocas, [xxx];
  • of Heraclius, ib.;
  • of Leo Isaurus, ib.;
  • of Leo Armenus, [xxxi];
  • of Michael Balbus, ib.;
  • of Basilius Macedo, [xxxii];
  • of the Comneni, ib.;
  • of Ducas, [xxxiii];
  • of the Frank family, ib.;
  • of the Palæologi, [xxxiv]
• English commence intercourse with Turks, i. [xix]
• Ephesus, first church of the Apocalypse, i. [63]-65;
  • temple and amphitheatre at, [64]; ii. [8]-42
• Execution of officers of seraglio, i. [41]
• Euridice, where lamented by Orpheus, ii. [62]
• Eyoub, or Job, three recognized by Turks, i. [48];
  • mosque of, [49];
  • inauguration of sultan, ib.;
  • tomb, [50];
  • beauty of place, ib.; ii. [33]-48
• Ezan, or call to prayer, i. [16]
• F
• Fanal, or Greeks of, sent to Princess’ Islands, ii. [23];
  • why so called, [47]
• Fanariots, Greeks of Fanal, reduced in number, ii. [48]
• Fatimah, daughter of the prophet, emirs descended from, ii. [47];
  • tomb of, [83]
• Fire at Tophana, i. [20];
  • how observed and notified, i. [6]
• Fishing in Bosphorus, i. [40];
  • sultan fond of, ib.
• Flowery shrubs in city, i. [7]
• Form of mosque, i. [16]
• Forum Augusti, ii. [6]
• Fountains erected by Turks, i. [7];
  • inscriptions on, ib.;
  • of Baloukli, ii. [29];
  • church erected over, ib.
• Funeral, Turkish, i. [29]
• G
• Galata, origin of name, i. [xxii];
  • fortified by Genoese, ib. tower of, ii. [46]
• Galiongees, or Turkish marines, ii. [46]
• Gallipoli, ii. [46]
• Gardaki, ii. [84]
• Gazi Hassan saves Christians, ii. [14]
• Gennadius installed, by the Turks, bishop of Constantinople, ii. [13], [14]
• Genoese settle at Constantinople, i. [xi]
• George, St., legend of, ii. [24];
  • patron of England, [25];
  • festival kept at British palace, ib.
• Giant’s mountain, or Jouchi Daghi, called from Joshua the son of Nun, i. [51];
  • Turkish legend of, ib.;
  • Russians encamp on, [52]
• Gillius, historian, ii. [2]
• Gionuli, or volunteers, ii. [66]
• Golden Horn, description of, i. [2], [3]; ii. [33], [43]
• Goths, ii. [63]
• Greek, war of independence, i. [xxvi].
• Greek and Latin churches, cause of their animosity, i. [11];
  • history of Greek church, ii. [13], [14], [15], [16]
• Greek priest’s house at Yeni Kui, i. [65];
  • destruction of, i. [66]
• Guiuk Suey, sweet waters of Asia, i. [32];
  • favourite place for recreation, ib;
  • various lounges there, [33];
  • refreshments, [34]
• Guiumuch Hané, or silver foundery, ii. [44]
• Gummusch Kubbe, burial-place of sultans, ii. [51]
• Guzel-hissar, caravanseraï, i. [76]
• Gygean lake, ii. [93]
• H
• Hagiography of modern Greeks, ii. [31]
• Haidhos, pass of, in Balkan mountains, i. [56]
• Hakim Bashi, chief physician, ii. [59]
• Halet Effendi, head of, exhibited on silver dish, ii. [7]
• Halish Oglou, healthy Armenian village, ii. [45]
• Hannibal, monument of, i. [28]
• Hasskui, residence of Jews, ii. [45];
  • extreme insalubrity, ib.;
  • description of inhabitants, ib.
• Hebdomum, situation of church of St. John, ii. [35]
• Hebrus, now called Maritza, ii. [62]
• Hellena, head over gate of Smyrna, ii. [7], [8]
• Hermus, river of, ii. [9]
• Hierapolis, or Pambouk Kalesi, description of, i. [70];
  • deleterious exhalations of, [7];
  • rivers of, ii. [17]-20
• Hilarion, bishop of Tornova, residence on summit of Balkans, ii. [53];
  • translates the Bible into modern Greek, ib.
• Hippodrome, or Atmeidan, description of, i. [44]; ii. [3]
• Houses, peculiarities of Turkish, i. [32]
• Hummal, or Turkish porter, his remedy for fatigue, i. [8]
• Hammam, Turkish baths, i. [35]
• Hunkair, meaning of word, i. [50];
  • Iskelessi, treaty of, why so called, [52]
• Huns, ii. [63]
• Hurricanes in Princess’ Islands, ii. [21]
• Hydralia of Greeks of the lower empire, i. [14]
• I
• Iconoclasts, image-breakers, ii. [32]
• Inauguration of the sultan, i. [49]
• Irené, death of, i. [xvi].;
  • widow of II. Leo builds a monastery on Princess’ Islands, ii. [20]
• Islam, the meaning of, i. [xii]
• Istambol-dichare, extra-mural quarter of Constantinople, ii. [47]
• J
• Janissaries, origin of corps, i. [xiii];
  • destruction of, [xxvi], [xxvii];
  • devastation of tombs, [24];
  • headless bodies arranged in street, ii. [39], [40];
  • adherents attempt to burn city, [61]
• Jason, Columbus of the ancient world, i. p. [i], ii. [56];
  • name preserved in Bosphorus, [10]
• Jews encouraged by Selim, i. [xvii];
  • came from Spain, ib.;
  • similarity of usages to Turks, ib.;
  • settlement at Hasskui, ii. [45]
• Joannina, ii. [78]
• Johannes I., Jesabel of Thyatira, lead people astray, ii. [41];
  • Johannes Zemisces, i. [xxxii];
  • Johannes II. Comnenus, [xxxiii];
  • Johannes III. Cantacuzene, [xxxiv];
  • Johannes IV. Palæologus, ib.;
  • Johannes V. Palæologus, ib.;
  • Johannes Zemisces, ii. [31];
  • poet with flowing hair, [51]
• Job, Turkish account of, i. [48], [49]
• Jovian emperor restores Christianity, i. [vi];
  • family of, [xxviii]
• Jouchi Daghi, Giant’s Mountain, i. [51]
• Julian, the apostate, i. p. [v], [vi], [xxviii]
• K
• Kalifs, lineal descendants of prophet, ii. [50]
• Keab, veil of, ii. [49]
• Kef, Marjam, ii. [76]
• Kiorod, son of Bajazet, ii. [10]
• Kislas, janissaries’ barracks, ii. [67]
• Kislar Aga, chief of black eunuchs, ii. [57]
• Kiz Koulasi, or Maiden’s Tower, legend of, i. [83], [84]
• Kiz Achmet, ii. [73]
• Kiuprili, his singular fortune, i. [xxii]
• Kleftes, ii. [84]
• Kolokithia, name of gourd, i. [8]
• Kombaragees, barrack of, ii. [44]
• Koran not allowed to be printed, why, i. [51];
  • various precepts of, ii. [18];
  • translated by sultans, [60];
  • hung up in turbés, [51]
• L
• Laodicea, seventh church of the Apocalypse, [86]
• Laodicea, ruins of, [86]
• Lecapenus Romanus, i. [xxxi];
  • daughter named in church of Baloukli, ii. [29]
• Leander’s Tower, i. [83]. See Kiz Koulasi.
• Lorenzo, an Italian, made Hakim Bashi, ii. [59];
  • excites the Sultan’s anger, [60];
  • found strangled, ib.
• Lycia, knights receive notice to leave Rhodes from, ii. [60]
• Lydia, seller of purple, from Thyatira, ii. [41]
• M
• Magnesia on Sipylus, account of, ii. [9];
  • gives name to magnet, [10];
  • metropolitan church of, [13]
• Mahmoud I., events of his reign, i. [xxiv]
• ---- II. created sultan, [xxv];
  • repulses the Russians, [xxvi];
  • destroys the Janissaries, [xxvii];
  • enlightened policy, [xxviii]
• Mahomet II., i. [xv];
  • his brutality, [xvi];
  • death, ib.;
  • gate of seraglio built by, ii. [6], [7];
  • mosque of, [47];
  • translates Koran, [50]
• ---- III., his religion and policy, i. [xx];
  • character of, ii. [12]
• ---- IV., his reign, i. [xxi];
  • his fondness for flowers, [xxii]
• Maiden Tower, ii. [91]
• Maritza, ii. [74]
• Malta, siege of, i. [xviii]
• Market-place Tophana, i. [7];
  • articles of sale there, [8]
• Mamelukes, destruction of the, i. [27]
• Meander, account of river, ii. [26]
• Medâk or story-teller, appendage to coffee-house, i. [61];
  • singular talent of, ii. [72]
• Medea landed at Therapia on Bosphorus, i. [10];
  • her character inherited by her countrywomen, ib.
• Meles, ruin of Smyrna, ii. [8]
• Melesigenes, name of Homer, ii. [4]
• Menagerie of Atmeidan, i. [44]
• Mesjid, origin of word mosque, i. [16]
• Michael Palæologus, i. [x], [xi]
• Minaret, steeple of mosque, i. [16];
  • origin of name, ib.
• Miletus destroyed by Meander, ii. [27]
• Moldavia, hospodars of, ii. [48]
• Monograma on pillars, i. [16]
• Monastery of St. George of the Precipice, ii. [24], [25], [26]
• Moslems, meaning of, i. [xii], [12];
  • take possession of Santa Sophia, ii, [47]
• Mosques, imperial, on seven hills, i. [6]
• Mosque of Sultan Achmet, i. [18], [19];
  • of Soliman the Magnificent, [17];
  • of Yeni Djami, [39];
  • of Santa Sophia, [45], [48];
  • of Eyoub, [49];
  • of Mahmoud, i. [75];
  • of Shahzadeh Djamesi, [84];
  • Buyuk Djami, ii. [6];
  • of Sultan Osman, [12];
  • of the Slipper, [47], of Piri-Pasha, [61]
• Mount Pagus, castle of Smyrna on, ii. [7]
• Mordecai distinguished by robe of purple, ii. [41]
• Mount Mincas, ii. [80]
• Mourzoufle opposes crusaders with iron mace, i. [ix];
  • thrown from top of monument, ib.;
  • reason of his name, [xxxiii]
• Muezzim invites to prayer, i. [16]
• Murad I. & II. buried at Brusa, ii. [51]
• Mustapha I. dragged from a prison to a throne, i. [xxxv]
• Mustapha II., disastrous reign, i. [22], [23], [xxxvi]
• Mustapha III. poisoned, but survives, i. [xxxvi];
  • called Gazi, ib.
• Mustapha IV. succeeds, and murders Selim, i. [xxv].;
  • strangled, [xxxvi].
• Mustapha Bairactar, fidelity of, i. [xxv].
• Mustapha Pasha attempts to poison Selim by ball of soap, i. [17]
• N
• Negroponte supplies Turks with pitch and tar for navy, ii. [46]
• Nicephoras Flavius killed in battle against Bulgarians, i. [xxxi]
• Nicephoras Phocas assassinated by Zemisces, i. [xxxii]
• Nicephoras, poet, ii. [51]
• Nicetas escape from Crusaders, i. [x]
• Niobe, rock representing her, ii. [11]
• Nizam Djettit, new corps, ii. [67]
• O
• Obelisk of Theodosius brought from the Thebaïd, ii. [1]
• Oblivion, Tower of, i. [11];
  • anecdote of, ib.
• Odalique, the favourite, ii. [79]
• Olga, mother of Swatislas, first Russian baptized, i. [viii]
• Olympus, reason of name, i. [30];
  • snow of, part of Turkish revenue, ib.
• Orchan makes Brusa his capital, i. [xii];
• tomb there, ii. [51]
• Oriental wells, description of, ii. [11]
• Osman, or Othman I. passes Olympus, i. [xii];
  • from him Turks called Ottomans, [xiii];
  • tomb at Brusa, ii. [51]
• Othman II. strangled by Janissaries, i. [xxxv]
• Osmanli, meaning of term, i. [xiii];
  • introduce feudal system in Asia, ii. [11]
• Osmanie, mosque of, purely oriental, ii. [12]
• P
• Paramythea, ii. [82]
• Parga, castle of, ii. [87]
• Papas, Greek priests, ii. [15]
• Paper manufactory on Bosphorus, i. [51];
  • veneration of Turks for, ib.
• Paschmaklik, ii. [79]
• Passes in Balkan mountains, by Haidhos, i. [56];
  • by Tâtar Bazaar, i. [57];
  • on Bulgarian side, [73];
  • precautions on entering, ib.
• Pausanias, the historian, ii. [11]
• Pazar Caïque, great ferry boat, i. [83]
• Pelargonium, talisman of, i. [15]
• Pera, promontory of, i. [2];
  • residence of Frank ambassadors, ib.;
  • joined by bridge to Constantinople, ii. [61]
• Pergamus, third church of the Apocalypse, parchment invented there, i. [79]; description of, [80];
  • church of St. John, ii. [35], [43]
• Petit Champ des Morts, Turkish cemetery, i. [23], [24]
• Philadelphia, sixth church of the Apocalypse, still retains reason for its name, i. [71];
  • called City of God by the Turks, ib.;
  • vigorous opposition to Turks, [72];
  • rampart of human bones, ib.
• ----, governor’s house at, ii. [92]
• Philippi, St. Paul meets Lydia there, ii. [41]
• Philopopoli, people of, collect dye-stuffs on Balkans, ii. [40]
• Pillar to which Christ was bound, ii. [40]
• Pipes, Turkish description of, i. [43]
• Piri Pasha takes Rhodes, ii. [60];
  • district called after him, [61];
  • built humble mosque, why, ib.
• Planks, how carried through streets, i. [8]
• Platanus, when planted, i. [12]
• Pliny, remark on breadth of Bosphorus, i. [10]
• Poison, life of Selim I. attempted by, i. [xvii]
• Printing first introduced among Turks, i. [xxiii]
• Probus, emperor, locates Bastarnæ in Thrace, ii. [63]
• Propontis, or Sea of Marmora, i. [1]; ii. [63]
• Princess’ Islands, called Demonesca, account of, ii. [20], [24]
• R
• Ramazan, fast of, ii. [50]
• Reliques of Greek church, ii. [48]
• Rhodes, knights of, ii. [7], [60]
• Risman Ben Ac Hissar, his treatise on government, ii. [12]
• Romania, or Roumelia, ancient Thrace, ii. [62]
• Roumeli-Hissar, events connected with, i. [10]
• Roxalana, sultana of Soliman the Magnificent, i. [xviii];
  • causes death of his sons, i. [xix]
• Russians attack Constantinople by sea and land, i. [vii];
  • ascend the Balkans, ib.;
  • introduction of Christianity among them, [viii];
  • advances made against Turks by, [xxiv];
  • encamp on Giant’s Mountain, ii. [52];
  • advance to Adrianople
• S
• Sakiz-aghatz, when great fire commenced, ii. [61]
• Saïd-pasha married to sultan’s daughter, i. [69];
  • palace on the Bosphorus, ib.
• St. George of Cappadocia, different accounts of, ii. [24], [25];
  • description of his monastery, [26]
• St. Paul prays on sea-shore of Ephesus, i. [63]
• St. Romanus, gate of, attacked by the Turks, ii. [29]
• Salonichi supplies Turks with gunpowder, ii. [46]
• Samsoun yields hemp for cordage, ii. [46]
• Sanndouchas in Turkish burials, ii. [49], [51]
• Santa Sophia mosque, erected by Constantine, to the “Eternal Wisdom of God,” i. [45];
  • rebuilt by Justinian, [46];
  • taken possession of by Mahomet II., ib.;
  • beautiful aërial dome, [47];
  • shows symptoms of decay, [48];
  • overlooks gardens of seraglio, ii. [46]
• Saracens attack Constantinople, i. [vii];
  • assault Smyrna, ii. [5]
• Sardis, fifth church of the Apocalypse, ancient and present state of, i. [66], [68]
• Scio, massacre in, ii. [8]
• Scutari, crusaders ascend promontory, and view Constantinople from it, i. [ix];
  • called “City of Gold,” why, i. [74];
  • objects of interest in, i. [75]
• Selim I., character and policy, i. [xvii];
  • singular escape, ib.;
  • death and epitaph, ib.;
  • tomb or turbé most frequented, ii. [50]
• Selim II., reign and character, i. [xix];
• Queen Elizabeth’s letter to him, [xx]
• Selim III., his amiable character, i. [xxiv];
  • his melancholy death, [xxv];
  • kiosk built by him for his sister, ii. [33]
• Selictarli, men of the sword, ii. [65]
• Selymbria, ii. [74]
• Seraglio, description of, i. [26], [28]
• Seraï, caravaniers at, ii. [85]
• Seven Towers, i. [22], [23]
• Shaïnitza, ii. [84]
• Shipping, eastern, i. [3]
• Shoes, Turkish, inconvenient, i. [49]
• Silivria, ii. [74]
• Slave market, i. [38], [39]
• Slaves, state of female, i. [38]
• Smyrna, disputes concerning its founder, ii. [4];
  • second church of the Apocalypse, ib.;
  • description of its castle and statue, [7], [8];
  • allowed by Turks the privilege of coining money, [44];
  • bay of, [79]
• Snow, revenue of sultan derived from, i. [30]
• Sobieski, his successes against the Turks, i. [xxi]
• Soliman, son of Orchan, makes first Turkish settlement in Europe, i. [xiii];
  • singular manner of passing the Hellespont, ib.
• Soliman the Magnificent, his reign, i. [xviii];
  • murder of his sons, [xix];
  • called Kanuni, why, [xxiv];
  • his mosque, [16];
  • mosque in honour of his son, [84];
  • changes dress of Greek clergy, why, ii. [15];
  • determination to extinguish Christianity, [60]
• Sou Nazir, i. [8];
  • Ioldgi, ib.
• Souterrazi, singular species of aqueduct, i. [14]
• Spahi, Turkish cavalry, ii. [65]
• Subterranean palace, cistern, i. [15]
• Stamboul, origin of the name, i. [xvi]
• Steam-boat, first introduced at Constantinople, i. [5];
  • sultan embarks in one, ib.;
  • singular display on the occasion, [6]
• Storks, fondness of Turks for, i. [xv];
  • supposed by the Greeks to poison fountains, ib.;
  • singular mode of banishing them, ib.;
  • abound in Philadelphia, [71];
  • benevolence to small birds, ii. [36]
• Sublime Porte, origin of the name, i. [26]
• Suli, valley of, ii. [89]
• Suliotes, the destruction of the, ii. [90]
• Sultan, inauguration of, i. [49]
• Sultans of Constantinople, chronological account of, i. [xxviii]-xxxvi
• Sultan’s new palace on Bosphorus, ii. [1]
• Sultana Valadé, ii. [47]
• Surré Emmini, ii. [85]
• Swatislas, extraordinary character, slept on snow, and eat broiled horse-flesh, i. [vii];
  • passes the Balkan, and proceeds to Adrianople, [viii];
  • destroyed, with his army, in the ice, ib.;
  • his mother Olga baptized, ib.
• Sweet Waters of Asia, i. [32];
  • of Europe, [58]
• T
• Tamerlane, progress of, i. [xiv];
  • origin of his name, ib.;
  • defeats Bajazet, and raises the siege of Constantinople, ib.;
  • dilapidates the castle of Smyrna, ii. [7];
  • attempts to destroy the harbour, and raises a pyramid of heads, ib.
• Tarap-hané, or mint, in court of seraglio, i. [26]; ii. [44]
• Tâtar Bazaar, route by the Balkans, i. [57]
• Tatavola village, ii. [44]
• Teos, ii. [80]
• Tepe Bashi, beautiful view from, ii. [58]
• Tepelini, ii. [84]
• Tersana-emini, palace of, ii. [46]
• Thamas Kouli Khan tries to reconcile Mahomedan sectarians, i. [xxiv]
• Theatre at Milo, description of, ii. [17], [18];
  • at Hierapolis, [19], [20];
  • of Ephesus, [64]
• Themistocles retires to Magnesia, i. [10]
• Theodore, saint of Greek church, ii. [31];
  • of Siceon, ib.;
  • of Pergamus, [32]
• Theodora, ii. [75]
• Theodosius the Great surmounts globe with a cross, i. [vi];
  • builds new wall round city, ib.;
  • erects splendid column, [xxix]
• Theodosius II. junior, establishes schools, i. [xxix];
  • publishes Theodosian code, ib.
• Therapia, supposed to be visited by Medea, i. [10];
  • bishop of Derkon hanged there, [65]
• Thyatira, fourth church of the Apocalypse, ii. [41];
  • Lydia, a woman of, sells purple, ib.;
  • meets St. Paul at Philippi, ib.;
  • people led astray by Jesabel, ib.;
  • now called Ak Hissar, [42]
• Tombstones, shape of, and inscriptions on, i. [13]
• Toondja, ii. [74]
• Tophana, i. [20], [21];
  • mosque of Mahmoud at, [75]
• Top Kapousi Gate, Turks enter city by, i. [82];
  • number of dead brought through it to be buried in time of plague, ii. [44]
• Tornova, in the Balkan, singular situation, ii. [53];
  • scriptures translated into Moslem Greek at, [54]
• Tower of Galata, i. [6];
• of Janissaries, ib.
• Travelling with firman, i. [76]
• Turbé, tombs of sultans, ii. [49];
  • Valadé Sultana, allowed to erect one, ib.;
  • regulations of, [50]
• Turbedar, guardian of tomb, ii. [50]
• Turkish coins, inscription on, ii. [44]
• Turks, in haste to be buried, i. [13]
• U
• Ulemah, men of the law, order to respect them, as inheriting the gifts of the Prophet, ii. [12]
• Unkiar Iskelessi, true meaning of name, i. [50];
  • beautiful valley of, on the Bosphorus, ib.;
  • paper manufactory there, [51];
  • danger to Franks encountered there, [52]
• Usdens, lawgivers of Circassia, ii. [56]
• V
• Vacilesso, ii. [84]
• Valens, burnt to death by Goths, i. [xxviii];
  • aqueduct of, [6];
  • prophetic stone, [15];
  • invite Goths to settle in Thrace, ii. [63]
• Venetians, cruel punishment of, i. [10];
  • first sent mirrors to Constantinople, ii. [61]
• W
• Wall of Constantinople, i. [81]
• Wallachia, hospodars of, elected from seven families of Greek princes, ii. [48]
• Water provided by Turks for all animals, i. [34];
  • fondness of Moslems for it, why, ib.
• Women, souls of, i. [13];
  • tombstones without heads, ib.;
  • their affection for the dead, how shown, [14]
• X
• Xenophon, where he crossed the Bosphorus, i. [10]
• Y
• Yali Kiosk, where deposed ministers wait to know their fate, i. [28]
• Youart, great consumption of, i. [33];
  • how to make it, ib.
• Yelan Seraï, palace of the serpent, ii. [43]
• Yeni Djami, mosque of, i. [39]
• Yeni Kui, priest’s house of, on Bosphorus, i. [65];
  • waterfall at in Balkans, ii. [40]
• Yéré Batan Seraï, cistern of, i. [15];
  • extraordinary tales of, [82]
• Yeschie Imareh, tomb there, ii. [51]
• Z
• Zaims and Timariots, feudal nobility, ii. [11], [65]

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