The City of the Sultan: And Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836, 1. ciltH. Colburn, 1838 |
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Achmet Pasha Albania amid amused Angiolopolo apartment araba Armenian Azmi bath beauty beneath blue Bosphorus bright brow Buyuk Hanoum caïque carpet carriage ceremony Chargé d'Affaires chibouk Circassian coloured Constantinople costume covered crimson crowd cushions cypresses dark daughter Dervishes Dolma door dragoman East embroidered Europe European eyes fair favourite feeling female fèz flowers Frank fringed Galata gilded gold graceful grave Greek Halet Effendi hand handsome harem head Heyminè honour Imperial individual jewels kiosk Logotheti look lovely magnificent marble ment minarets minister Mohammed Saïd mosque muslin Musselmauns Mustapha Pasha Nazip Hanoum never Odalique Osmanli palace party passed Pera perfume person piastres prayer Princess richly round Saïd Pasha scene Scodra Pasha Scutari Sea of Marmora seated Seraglio Seraï Seraskier shawl silk silver slaves smile sofa Stamboul streets Sublime Highness Sultan Sultan Mahmoud tandour Tekiè turban Turkey Turkish ladies Turks Ulemas veiled wife women yashmac
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Sayfa 41 - ... and against many of the pillars, of which I counted four-and-twenty, supporting the dome, are hung frames, within which are inscribed passages from the Prophets. Above the seat of the superior, the name of the founder of the tekie is written in gold on a black ground, in immense characters. This seat consists of a small carpet, above which is spread a crimson rug; and on this the worthy principal was squatted when we entered, in an ample cloak of Spanish brown, with large hanging sleeves, and...
Sayfa 45 - on duty," for I know not how else to express it, was nine; seven of them being men, and the remaining two, mere boys, the youngest certainly not more than ten years of age. Nine, eleven, and thirteen are the mystic numbers, which, however great the strength of the community, are never exceeded; and the remaining members of the brotherhood, during the evolutions of their companions, continue engaged in prayer within the inclosure.
Sayfa 127 - ... saturated with vapour, that it revealed the whole outline of the figure — the busy slaves, passing and repassing, naked from the waist upwards, and with their arms folded upon their bosoms, balancing on their heads piles of fringed or embroidered napkins — groups of lovely girls, laughing, chatting, and refreshing themselves with sweetmeats, sherbet, and lemonade — parties of playful children, apparently quite indifferent to the dense atmosphere which made me struggle for breath — and,...
Sayfa 90 - To all the brute creation the Turks are not only merciful but ministering friends ; and to so great an extent do they carry this tenderness towards the inferior animals, that they will not kill an unweaned lamb, in order to spare unnecessary suffering to the mother...
Sayfa 114 - ... about from country to country, to see sights which we must regret when we leave them — we are so blent with all the anxieties and cares of our male relations — we expose ourselves to danger, and brave difficulties suited only to men — we have to contend with such trials and temptations, from our constant contact with the opposite sex — in short, they regard us as slaves, buying our comparative liberty at a price so mighty, that they are unable to estimate its extent — and then, the...
Sayfa 46 - Prophet occurred in the chant, which had been unintermitted in the gallery; and, as they simultaneously paused, and, folding their hands upon their breasts, bent down in reverence at the sound, their ample garments wound about them at the sudden check.
Sayfa 124 - ... silk, piled with cushions of gold tissue, offered the means of repose after the exhaustion of bathing. But I had seen it tenanted only by a Greek lady and myself, and half a score of slaves, who were all occupied in attendance upon us; and I felt at once that, under such circumstances, I could form no adequate idea of what is understood by a Turkish bath; the terrestrial paradise of Eastern women, where politics, social and national, scandal, marriage, and every other subject under heaven, within...
Sayfa 45 - Priest, who remained standing, the Dervishes spread their arms, and commenced their revolving motion ; the palm of the right hand being held upwards, and that of the left turned down. Their under-dresses (for, as I before remarked, they had laid aside their cloaks) consisted of a jacket and petticoat of dark coloured cloth, that descended to their feet ; the higher order of brethren being clad in green, and the others in brown, or a sort of yellowish gray; about their waists they wore wide girdles,...
Sayfa 132 - Musselmaun never disturbs the ashes of the dead. There is no burying and re-burying on the same spot, as with us. The remains of the departed are sacred. When a body is committed to the earth, the priest plants a cypress at the head, and another at the foot, of the grave ; and hence those far- spreading forests, those bough o'er-canopied cities of the dead, which form so remarkable a feature in Turkish scenery. Should only one tree in six survive, enough still remain to form a dense and solemn grove...
Sayfa 93 - Their wives advise and reprimand unheeded — their words are bosh — nothing — but the mother is an oracle ; she is consulted, confided in, listened to with respect and deference, honoured to her latest hour, and remembered with affection and regret beyond the grave. " My wives die, and I can replace them...