AN OTTOMAN TRAVELLER
Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
LITERARY ALLUSIONS
GLOSSARY
Istanbul
1. Introduction: The dream
2. The Süleymaniye Mosque
3. The antiquity of smoking
4. Galata
Chapter 246: Account of the ancient edifice and great fortress of the city of Galata, its founding, its features, the buildings within it, and all its qualities
5. Kağıthane
The pleasure-park and resort lodge of world-adorning Kağıthane.
6. Guilds' parade
Chapter 8: Guild of Mediterranean captains
Chapter 28: Guild of furriers
Chapter 34: Guild of barbers
Chapter 41: Guild of acrobats 7. Lağari Hasan ÇelebiAnatolia and beyond
1. Setting out
2. Hot Springs of Bursa
Description of the natural hot springs
3. Return to Istanbul
4. Hamsi in Trabzon
5. Black Sea adventure
(Legends of Keligra Sultan, i.e. Sarı Saltık)
(Description of the Black Sea)
6. Tabriz
To sum up the praisworthy customs of Tabriz:
As for the condemnable customs of the Persians:
7. Cat-brokers of Ardabil
8. Oil wells of Baku
9. Cathedral of Echmiadzin
10. Ankara
Description of the land of Selasil ('Chains'), the invincible fortress of Ankara, the prosperous walled city of Engürü In the Retinue of Melek Ahmed Pasha1. Nasreddin Hoca in Akşehir33
Description of the saints' tombs of Akşehir
2. Safed
Description of Kafr Nahon, i.e. the notable city of Safed, country of the Jews, province of Canaan, town of the Yids35
3. Sheikh Bekkar the Naked on the road outside Damascus
Description of the Stages and Castles and Cities on our Journey from Damascus to Turkey in the year 1059 (1649)
4. The girl who gave birth to an elephant
5. Armenian
Language of the Armenians, called Soul of Yarmeni, an Ancient Community
6. The cats of Divriği 7. Witchcraft in a Bulgarian village8. Sofia
Description of the Fountain of Luck, the Spring of Plato the Divine
Safavid Borderlands
1. Diyarbekir
Description of the excursion spots of Diyarbekir the unparalleled.
2. Bitlis
3. The ruined city of Ahlat
4. On 'extinguishing the candle'
East Anatolia and the Balkans
1. Highwaymen in the Bolu Pass
return to Van
Account of our journey from Istanbul to Van
Stage of the castle of Van, frontier of Azerbaijan
2. Escape from Bitlis
3. Diplomacy in Split (Spalato)
Description of the walled city of Split
4. The bandit Yano Hungary and the German Campaign1. An incident on the battlefield
2. Shkodër (Scutari)
3. The Samakov iron works
4. An adventure near Komorn
Tatar raid into Western Europe
Beginning of the adventure of the world-traveller Evliya the unhypocritical
Stages of the journey from Uyvar castle with 40,000 enemy-shattering, wind-scattering Tatars to Germany and the Atlantic coast and Holland and Sweden
Remarkable creatures and plants in this region
Our return journey in safety from the above-mentioned country of Holland
Natural wonders of the country of the Flemings
Natural wonders