count of these relics, even from those who were concerned in the production of them to the world; and when I have requested information from French gentlemen of character, who knew the truth, I have always found them impenetrably silent*.” It was probably at Paris, that Mr. Gell made his inquiries; for no person remained who could have answered them when he was, at Constantinople in January 1802. Kauffer had died some time before. Fauvel was then in France, but he soon after returned to Athens, with the appointment of Consul-General. Choiseul himself was, I believe, at that time living at Saint Petersburg, where he fled to avoid the proscription of the National Convention. These were the only French gentlemen of character who were concerned in the production of the relics to the world. It is evident, that Chevalier was kept in perfect ignorance and I am afraid, that, after all, the Jew at the Dardanelles is the only person who knew the truth.

Nothing now remains for the satisfaction of the curiosity which has been excited on this subject, but that M. de Choiseul should

Topography of Troy and its vicinity, p. 67, note 8.

may

communicate whatever he may know relating to the fact of the discovery of the relics, and exhibit whatever he have preserved of the fragments which he received from Ghormezano: by these means, and by comparing the fragments with the specimens which are in the possession of Mr. H. P. Hope, with which if they be genuine they must correspond, a glimpse of the truth may at last be discovered. Ghormezano was living when I passed the Dardanelles in the year 1803. He can now have no motive to conceal, or to disguise, the truth; and he might be induced by moderate liberality to answer candidly to questions, which would unveil the mystery.

INDE X.

ABAFFI, Michael; chosen prince of Transilvania, i, clxxxiii; acknowledged by the emperor, for whom, though in his own name, he pays a contribution to the porte for the expenses of the war, clxxxiv note.

Abassides; dynasty of the, i, xxx.

ABDEST, ablution preparatory to prayer, ii, 120.
Abdulhamid, sultan; i, ccxxii.

Abdullah Almansur; sends agents into foreign countries for the purpose of collecting books, i, 15.

Abdullah the Third, caliph of Bagdad; orders public prayers

for rain to be made by his subjects, both Mussulmans and infidels, ii, 109 note.

Ablutions; performed in various manners by different sects

i, 31; commanded by the Mahometan religion, ii, 120. Abstemiousness of the Turkish soldiers; i, 271; ii, 12.

Abubekir, the first CALIPH; i, xxxiii.

Abulfaragius; his account of the seven original races of mankind, i, xxiv.

Abuse, language of; common to the Turks, ii, 164 note. Achilles; means employed by M. de Choiseul Gouffier in order to ascertain whether the tumulus at Sigeum be really the tomb of this hero, ii, 412-420.

Acre; vigorous defence of, by the Turks, i, 282.

Acts of devotion; see NAMAZ, ABDEST, GHOUSSOUL, GHASSL.
Adrianople; the first seat of the Ottoman empire in Europe,

i, lvii note; the seraglio in, not visited by Lady M. W.
Montagu, ii, 268.

Adultery, on the part of the wife; may be punished with death
by the husband, ii, 236.

Affection, parental and filial; mode of expressing, ii, 184.
AGA; i, 155 note, 268; see AGALIK: the AGAS live in a
state of war like the ancient feudal barons, i, 161.
AGALIK, a government of the third rank; i, 155.

AGEMOGLANS, cadets of the order of janizaries; method of
educating and training them, i, 245.

Agriculture; state of, in Turkey, i, 65; why neglected in
the neighbourhood of Constantinople, -66.
Ahmed the First; i, clxv.

Ahmed the Second; i, excvi.

Ahmed the Third; i, cxcix; is dethroned, ccvii; grants let-
ters patent for the establishment of a printing press, 64;
punishes the rebels who raised him to the throne, 238;
attempts to defend the Seraglio against the rebels, ii, 389.
Ahmed Pasha; anecdote of, related by Baron Busbeck, ii,

111 note.

Aisché, or Ayesha, the favourite wife of Mahomet; the cur-
tain of her chamber-door used as a standard by Mahomet,
and consecrated by the Ottomans, ii, 141 note; suspected
of adultery, 237.

Ajax; the sepulchre of, ii, 404, 413 note.

AKLEF; an opprobrious appellation given to uncircumcised
Mahometans, i, 203 note.

Albania; conquered by the Turks, i, lxxiv; inhabitants of,
forcibly converted to Mahometanism, ii, 346.

Albuquerque; attempts to turn the course of the river Nile,
i, cxx.

Alchymy; i, 31.

ALEM, a standard; i, 267.

ALEM PENAH, refuge of the world; one of the sultan's
titles, i, 112.

Alexander the Sixth, pope; exculpated by the Turkish his-
torians from the charge of having caused the assassination
of Djem, brother of Bajazet the Second, i, lxxxii note. 1
Algiers; the dominion of, usurped by the Turkish pirates,
Barbarossa, i, cxxii; is made a fief of the Ottoman em-
pire, cxxiii; form of its government, cxxvi note.

Ali, the son-in-law of Mahomet; is regarded by some Mus-
sulman sects as the heir to the caliphat, i, xxxi.

ALLAH, the name of God; i, 298; used as a war-shout by
the Ottomans, 277.

Allegiance, of the Turks; is rather to the office, than the per-
son, of the sovereign, i, 2.

Almanacs; their use among Mahometans, i, 73, 76.
Almsgiving; practised as a duty by Mahometans, ii, 159.
Alphabet, the Arabian; adopted by the Persians and Turks,
i, 42; characters of, explained, 44 note.

Ambassador, English; servile compliance of, with a Turk-
ish custom, i, 187 note.

Ambassador, French; insists upon wearing his sword at an au-
dience of the sultan, ii, 176.

Amulets, ii, 139.

Amusements; public and private, ii, 202; of women, 229.
Anathema; publicly pronounced against one of the companies
of janizaries, i, 249.

Anchorites; respect of the Ottomans for, ii, 123; austerity
and mortification of their lives, 138; exaggerated instances
of their indecency, 138 note.

Angel of death; waits for the consent of Mahomet before re-
ceiving his soul, i, xxxiii.

Angel Gabriel; watches over the graves of the faithful, ii, 120.

Angels; do not enter a house in which there are portraits of