The Present State of Turkey: Or, A Description of the Political, Civil, and Religious Constitution, Government, and Laws, of the Ottoman Empire; the Finances, Military and Naval Establishments; the State of Learning, and of the Liberal and Mechanical Arts; the Manners and Domestic Economy of the Turks and Other Subjects of the Grand Signor, &c., &c. Together with the Geographical, Political, and Civil, State of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. From Observations Made, During a Residence of Fifteen Years in Constantinople and the Turkish Provinces, 2 tomasJ. Mawman, 1809 - 436 psl. |
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... relations . 297 APPENDIX . Physical history of Byzas . - Chalcedon . - Situation , soil , and climate of Byzantium . - Extent of the ancient city . - Situa tion of its ports . - The haven of Constantinople , -Advan tageous position of ...
... relations . 297 APPENDIX . Physical history of Byzas . - Chalcedon . - Situation , soil , and climate of Byzantium . - Extent of the ancient city . - Situa tion of its ports . - The haven of Constantinople , -Advan tageous position of ...
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... relation to the necessities of the state * ; " for , on the con- trary , without deviating from the intentions of the founders , or violating the essential clauses of their charters , that part of the revenue of vacufs which remains ...
... relation to the necessities of the state * ; " for , on the con- trary , without deviating from the intentions of the founders , or violating the essential clauses of their charters , that part of the revenue of vacufs which remains ...
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... relations he is compelled by the law to leave two thirds of his property to them ; but if he has no heirs , * Marsigli ( whose account of the revenues of the Ottoman empire , t . i , p . 52 , 55 , is very confused and inaccurate ) says ...
... relations he is compelled by the law to leave two thirds of his property to them ; but if he has no heirs , * Marsigli ( whose account of the revenues of the Ottoman empire , t . i , p . 52 , 55 , is very confused and inaccurate ) says ...
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... relation , who may defend her honour and her person from insult or at- tack * . * Mr . Eton complains , that the Turks do not travel . He says ( p . 196 ) , " this great source of expansion and improve- ment to the mind is entirely ...
... relation , who may defend her honour and her person from insult or at- tack * . * Mr . Eton complains , that the Turks do not travel . He says ( p . 196 ) , " this great source of expansion and improve- ment to the mind is entirely ...
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... relation of an important conference , which was held in the dead of night , between the sultan and his prime mi- nister . 66 Whoever has dealings with the Turks , " says Busbequius , " must open his purse from the first moment of his ...
... relation of an important conference , which was held in the dead of night , between the sultan and his prime mi- nister . 66 Whoever has dealings with the Turks , " says Busbequius , " must open his purse from the first moment of his ...
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The Present State of Turkey– Or, A Description of the Political ..., 2 tomas Thomas Thornton Visos knygos peržiūra - 1809 |
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