Pera, 93;
houses, ii. 96;
fountains, ii. 79;
madman of, 95;
water-supply, ii. 96.
Perthusier, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
Peter, cistern of St., 71.
Phanar, scene of carnage of 1821, 71;
seat of Patriarch, 71.
Pharmakia or Therapia, ii. 288.
Phineas, palace of, ii. 294.
Phrygos the argive erects temple of Twelve Gods, ii. 293.
Physique of upper _vs._ lower class Turk, ii. 251.
Piale Pasha mosque, 108.
Pilav, a Turkish dish, 213.
Piri Pasha quarter, 112;
seen from Balat, 113.
Placida, palace of Empress, 69.
Plain of Dahûd-Pasha, ii. 110;
of Haidar Pasha, 225.
Plan of Constantinople, 18.
Plane tree of Godfrey de Bouillon, ii. 291;
of the Janissaries, ii. 152.
Podesta, residence of the, 89.
Poiras Point, ii. 294.
Police, leniency of the, ii. 98;
regulations regarding women, ii. 61.
Politics in the harem, ii. 191.
Pollux defeats Amycus, ii. 286.
Polygamy, chief vice of Mohammedanism, 218;
declining, ii. 67;
effects of, 218;
how regarded by Turks, ii. 67;
by women, ii. 34;
Mohammed on, ii. 67.
Population, absence of curiosity of the, 104.
Porte, the Sublime, 69.
Pouqueville, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
Prayer, call to, 110.
Priapus, 212.
Princes, imperial, education, 291;
difficulties besetting, 291.
Princes, Isles of the, 17.
Prison, the Bloody, ii. 130.
Prophet, bow of the, ii. 183;
favorite wife, 168;
green ensign, 194;
mantle, ii. 183;
prayer-carpets, 259;
saying paraphrased, 134;
staff, ii. 183;
standard-bearer, ii. 230;
three preferences, 134.
Proverb, Turkish, ii. 34.
Psmatia Gate, ii. 138;
quarter, ii. 137.
Pulcheria, church built by Empress, 72.
Pumps, inefficiency of the, ii. 97.
Punchinello, the Turkish, 212.
R.
Railroad, underground, 88.
Ramazan, anecdote of, 219;
feast of, 219.
Rebia Gulnuz, ii. 193, ii. 201.
Reception chamber, ii. 165.
Relics, temple of, ii. 183.
Resemblances, 167.
Reshid Pasha, palace of, ii. 282.
Restaurants, 103.
Revels, imperial, 227;
in the harem, ii. 186.
Review Kiosk, ii. 205.
Revolts of the Janissaries, ii. 197.
Rhatib, the, 259.
Riza Pasha, palace of, ii. 275.
Robes of state, apartment of, ii. 83.
Rocky cavern, ii. 130.
Romano, gate of San, ii. 118.
Roses, kiosk of, ii. 204.
Rosh’ab, a Turkish drink, 213.
Roxalana, influence of, ii. 193;
maltreated by Validêh, ii. 198.
Rumili Fanar, ii. 295;
Hissar, fortress of, ii. 280;
Kavak, ii. 293.
Russian embassy, 93.
S.
Saccard, Eugène, tombstone of, ii. 113.
Saffié the Venetian, influence of, ii. 193.
Saint, the patron, of the Janissaries, ii. 234.
Samos, Mandrokles of, ii. 281.
Santoro, view from terrace of, 202;
evenings with, 203.
Scanderbeg, sabre of, 146, ii. 153.
Sea, kiosk of the, ii. 204.
Selamlik, the, ii. 29.
Selim I., charger of, 169;
displeased with Divân, ii. 170;
memorable words of, ii. 84;
son hides for three years, ii. 276;
vizier, 112.
Selim II., the Sot, 216;
baths, ii. 182;
debauches, 216;
drinking under, 216;
erects minaret of St. Sophia, 255;
ravings, ii. 186.
Selim III. restores Galata Tower, 91;
surrenders ministry, ii. 173.
Selimiyeh, 29, 71, ii. 218.
Sepedgiler kiosk, ii. 205.
Seraglio, the old, ii. 143;
abandoned by Abdul-Mejid, ii. 145;
Bâb-el-Selam, ii. 163;
Bâb-i-Humayûn, ii. 149;
Bâb-i-Sâdet, ii. 170;
baths of Selim II., ii. 182;
battery, ii. 203;
cage, ii. 179;
contrasted with Alhambra, ii. 144;
college, ii. 178;
foundations laid by Muhammad II., ii. 145;
gates, ii. 203;
hall of the Divân, ii. 165;
harem, ii. 184;
historic interest, ii. 145;
kiosks, ii. 204, ii. 205;
library, ii. 178;
present aspect, ii. 147;
reception chamber, ii. 165;
situation, ii. 146;
summer harem, ii. 203;
temple of relics, ii. 183;
throne-room, ii. 176;
treasury, ii. 178;
walls, ii. 147.
Seraglio, Cape, situation, 19.
Seraglio Hill from the steamer, 22.
Seraglio for old sultanas, 70.
Seraglio pastilles, 134.
Serasker Tower, 29, 242;
fire-alarms from, 242;
view from, 243.
Serpentine Column, 167.
Servants, evil geniuses of Constantinople, ii. 97.
Seven Towers, Castle of, ii. 127;
ambassadors confined in, ii. 130;
bloody prison, ii. 130;
built by Muhammad II., ii. 127;
Brancovano’s son in the, ii. 134;
dungeon tower, ii. 129;
inscriptions made by Constantine’s soldiers, ii. 129;
muezzin of the, ii. 134;
prison of Osman II., ii. 131;
rocky cavern, ii. 130;
site of ancient Kyklobion, ii. 127;
tribunal of the court, ii. 132;
Turkish name for, ii. 128;
Venetian envoys confined in, ii. 130;
view from, ii. 133;
Well of Blood, ii. 130.
Sévigné, Mme. de, on Turkish women, ii. 40.
Shalil Pasha, barrack built by, 96.
Shawls, kadyn of the 2700, ii. 193.
Shazadeh mosque, ii. 218.
Shekerbuli ill-treated by rivals, ii. 198;
influence over Ibrahim, ii. 193.
Siege of Constantinople, traces of the, ii. 114.
Silivri Gate, ii. 123.
Silk-spinners in cistern of Binbûr, ii. 222.
Simas, ancient promontory of, ii. 293.
Sirat, the Bridge, 170.
Skutari, approach by water, ii. 223;
beauty of, ii. 222;
cemetery, ii. 224;
first view of, 23.
Slave bazâr, 71.
Sleepless, monastery of the, ii. 284.
Social life, absence of, among Turks, ii. 264.
Sofia Hagia, Greek name of St. Sophia, 21.
Sokolli, grand vizier of Suleiman, ii. 153.
Soldiers, appearance, 189;
recruits, 190;
training, 189;
uniform, 188.
Soliman, the fat admiral, 169.
Sophia and Justinian II., inscription of, ii. 121.
Sophia, St., 29, 249;
account of, taking of, 274;
architects, 271;
baptistery, 255;
chapels, 270;
columns, 262;
construction, 261;
dome, 260;
eso-narthex, 256;
exterior, 254;
first impression, 256;
first sight of, 21;
former aspect, 266;
Greek account of, 271;
Greek name, 21;
Greek titles, 249;
gynæconitis, 264;
imperial functions, 269;
inscription, 260;
legend of Greek bishop, 272;
life in the mosque, 265;
marbles, 262;
materials used in building, 261;
plan, 257;
present aspect, 258;
situation, 69;
Turkish account of, 272;
view from gallery, 264.
Sosthenius, temple of, ii. 283.
Staël. Mme. de, on dome of St. Peter’s, 260;
on travelling, 57.
Staff of the Prophet, ii. 183.
Stambul, 61;
Russian name of, 15.
Standard-bearer of the Prophet, ii. 230.
Standard of the holy war, ii. 183.
Star, imperial kiosk of the, ii. 275.
Stefano, ancient valley of the Allori di, ii. 273.
Stenia, ii. 283.
Strangers free from insult in Constantinople, ii. 252.
Street-cries of Galata, 89.
Sublime Porte, 69.
Sudludji, 116.
Sunbullin, Ilrahim’s chief eunuch, 186.
Sunrise from the bridge, ii. 75.
Suleiman I., at sessions of the Divân, ii. 167;
favorite of, ii. 200;
dies intoxicated, 216;
tries to suppress drinking, 216;
son of, strangled, 169.
Suleiman, the Magnificent, grand vizier of, ii. 153;
indulgent decree of, ii. 15;
tower where he hid, ii. 276;
vizier who educated, 112;
writes of his court, ii. 159;
turbans of time of, 140.
Suleimaniyeh, 29, 70;
description, ii. 217;
inscriptions, ii. 218.
Sultanieh, ii. 286.
Sultan Moussa, yataghan of, 146.
Sultans, girded with sword of Osman, ii. 230;
the early, ii. 298, ii. 303;
modern, 294;
personally inspect weights and measures, 226;
practise shooting, 111;
public appearance, 286;
twenty-five successive, in Seraglio, ii. 145.
Sweet Waters of Asia, 167, ii. 21;
of Europe, ii. 20, ii. 54.
Symplegades, ii. 295.
T.
Table habits, 214.
Tamerlane, armlet of, ii. 153.
Tekyr, seraglio of, 29.
Temple of the Muftis, the mortuary, ii. 230;
of Relics, ii. 183;
of the Twelve Gods, ii. 293.
Tepelen, Ali Pasha of, tombstone, ii. 124.
Tersâne, arsenal of, 105.
Tetarte gate, ii. 120.
Theatres, 210;
Alhambra, 211.
Theodosius, bastions of, ii. 120;
column of, ii. 202;
gate of, 72, ii. 138;
rebuilds church of Holy Apostles, 71.
Therapia, ancient Pharmakia, ii. 288.
Thrace, ancient, 18.
Throne-room, ii. 176.
Tobacco, displayed for sale, 125;
use of, formerly forbidden, 125;
varieties of, 125.
Tomb of Joshua, ii. 291.
Topkhâneh, guns fired for fire alarm, ii. 80.
Totaola, 103.
Tournefort, on arrival at Constantinople, 11.
Ton Tritou gate, ii. 122.
Tower, dungeon, ii. 129;
Galata, 90;
Leander’s, 166;
Maiden’s, 80;
of Christ, 91;
of Minister of War, 70;
Ovid’s, ii. 295;
Serasker, 242.
Towers, Castle of the Seven, ii. 127.
Treasury, ii. 178.
Treaty of peace between Turkey and Russia, ii. 204.
Tribunal of the court, ii. 132.
Triumphal way of Byzantine emperors, ii. 133.
Tulip festivals, ii. 203.
Tulumbadgi (firemen), ii. 76.
Turbans of time of Suleiman the Magnificent, 140.
Türbehs, the imperial, ii. 235.
Turi, the famous monk, 95.
Tussaud, collection of Mme., ii. 232.
U.
Umm Djiemil, witch of Mecca, 168.
Ummelunia, name for Constantinople, 15.
Umur Yeri, bay of, ii. 291.
Uniform of the army, 188.
V.
Valens, aqueduct of Emperor, 70.
Validêh Sultan, court of the, ii. 185;
mosque, ii. 218;
mosque built by, ii. 275.
Vani, ii. 276.
Veils, ii. 10;
graceful adjustment of, ii. 12;
quotation from the Koran concerning, ii. 10;
use of, ii. 61.
Venetian, envoys confined, ii. 130;
influence of Saffié the, ii. 193.
Venus Meretricia, temple of, ii. 293.
View from Mt. Chamlejah, ii. 241;
from Sudludji, 116.
Vlanga gardens, ii. 138.
W.
Walls, Anastasian, ii. 295;
of Byzantium, 69;
of Constantinople, ii. 103;
of Genoese Galata, 90;
of Seraglio, ii. 147.
War Office, courtyard of the, 242.
Water-supply, insufficiency of the, ii. 80, ii. 96.
Well of Blood, ii. 130.
Well, the Holy, 167.
Wine, Bayezid I. the first to use, 215;
drinking considered a sin, 215;
growing use of, 215.
Women, Turkish, ii. 8;
abuse of the bath, ii. 13;
absence from bazârs, 150;
alone in public, ii. 18;
apartments, ii. 26;
at the bath, ii. 62;
beauty defined, ii. 13;
character, ii. 39;
coarse language, ii. 41;
coquetry, ii. 16;
day’s excursion, ii. 19;
desire to meet Europeans, ii. 64;
dress indoors, ii. 24;
dress in public, ii. 11;
friendships, ii. 42;
games, ii. 40;
gossip, ii. 53;
grace, ii. 44;
indiscretions, ii. 59;
Lady Montague on liberty of, ii. 17;
legal rights, ii. 36;
liberty, ii. 17;
longing for European life, ii. 66;
Mme. de Sévigné on, ii. 40;
manners, ii. 42;
manner of sitting down, ii. 43;
never seen with men, 211, ii. 18;
never mentioned in public, ii. 30;
occupations, ii. 44;
opinion of Europeans, ii. 65;
places frequented by, ii. 18;
police regulations concerning, ii. 61;
respect shown in public, ii. 36;
schemes of, ii. 52;
shoes, ii. 13;
shopping, 144;
social privileges _vs._ European women, ii. 38;
visit to, ii. 43.
Y.
Yali, ancient village of Amea, ii. 286.
Yali kiosk, ii. 204.
Yanghen Vahr, ii. 73;
meaning of cry, ii. 80.
Yashmac, arrangement of the, ii. 10, ii. 12.
Yataghan of Sultan Moussa, 146.
Yedi Kuleh, Turkish name for Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 128.
Yeni, ii. 285.
Yeni Kapu quarter, ii. 139.
Yeni Mahalleh, village of, ii. 293.
Yeni Mevlevi, gate and monastery of, ii. 120.
Yeri Betan Serai, ii. 220.
Z.
Zavegorod, Russian name of Stambul, 15.
THE END.
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