BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

THE TRAVELS OF EVLIYA EFENDI.

SECTION I.

SECTION II. An Account of the Foundation of the ancient City

SECTION III. Concerning the Conquest of the Black Sea.

SECTION IV. Concerning Constantine, the ninth Builder, who

SECTION V. Concerning the circumference of Constantinople.

SECTION VI. On the wonderful Talismans within and without KostantIneh.

SECTION VII. Concerning the Mines within and without the City of KostantIn.

SECTION VIII. Sieges of Constantinople.

SECTION IX. Concerning the Sieges of Constantinople by the Ottoman Emperors.

SECTION X. The last Siege of Kostantaniyyeh by Mohammed II. the Conqueror.

SECTION XI.

SECTION XII. Description of the new SerAI, the Threshold of the Abode of Felicity.

SECTION XIII. Description of the Old SerAI.

SECTION XIV. On the Public Officers established at IslAmbOl at the time of the Conquest.

SECTION XV. On the Imperial Mosques in the Mohammedan City of Kostantaniyyeh.

SECTION XVI. Of the Mosques of the VezIrs at Constantinople.

SECTION XVII. Of the Medresehs or Colleges.

SECTION XVIII. Of the DAr-ul-kirA of Constantinople.

SECTION XIX. Of the Mekteb, or Boys' Schools.

SECTION XX. Of the DAr-ul-hadIth, or Tradition Schools.

SECTION XXI. Of the TekIeh, or Convents of DervIshes.

SECTION XXII. Of the ImAret, or Refectories.

SECTION XXIII. Of the TImAristAn and MoristAn, or Hospitals.

SECTION XXIV. Of the principal Palaces of Constantinople.

SECTION XXV. Of the Grand KhAns for Merchants.

SECTION XXVI. Of the CArAvAnserAis.

SECTION XXVII. Of the Barracks (BekAr oda).

SECTION XXVIII. Of the Fountains ornamented with Chronographs.

SECTION XXIX. Of the SebIl-khAnehs, or Water Houses.

SECTION XXX. Of the Principal Baths.

NOTES.

FOOTNOTES:

BY

EVLIYÁ EFENDÍ.

TRANSLATED FROM THE TURKISH
BY
THE RITTER JOSEPH VON HAMMER,
F.M R.A.S, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON:
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OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND;
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ADVERTISEMENT.

The narrative of an Asiatic traveller, enthusiastically fond of seeing foreign countries, and unwearied in his investigation of their history, condition, and institutions, is in itself so great a singularity, and so deserving of attention, that no apology seems requisite for thus presenting EvliyÁ EfendÍ in an English dress: and the name of the Ritter von Hammer, by whom this work was abridged and translated, is a sufficient voucher for its intrinsic merit and the accuracy of the version.

It is requisite to inform the reader, that throughout the work the Asiatic words and proper names are spelt according to the system of orthography adopted by Sir William Jones and Sir Charles Wilkins, which gives to the consonants the sound they have in our own, but to the vowels that which they have in the Italian and German languages; and by assigning to each Arabic character its appropriate Roman letter, enables the Oriental student to transfer the word at once from one mode of writing to the other.

London, 20th Jan. 1834.