Araba. A light carriage. See p. [6]. The driver is an Arabaji.
Ashiret. “Feudatory.” See p. [167].
Baita (or Bait). A living room (Syriac).
Beg (or Bey). Perhaps equivalent to “Honourable.” A title given to Europeans as well as to local chiefs.
Belai. Perhaps equivalent to Belvedere. See p. [142].
Binbashi. Lit. the commander of 1000 men. A “Major” (Turkish), often written Bimbashi, for euphony.
Birader. “Brother” (Kurdish).
Cadi. “Judge” or “Magistrate.”
Capitulations. The charters defining the privileges of foreign residents in Turkey. Originally granted by the Sultans of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and confirmed in their present form in 1870.
Chôl. The desert. See p. [61].