[102]. The Author.

[103]. This is a jeu de mots, as Hazinay means in Turkish, both cistern and treasure.

[104]. The military and financial regulations of the Sultan Suleÿman are contained in a book entitled Kanuni-Humayoun, or Imperial-Mandate.

[105]. The Janissaries can easily alienate their pay, suffering others to draw it in their name by presenting these documents.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
  3. Re-indexed footnotes using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.