Turkey and its destiny the result of journeys made in 1847 and 1848 to examine into the state of that country

MacFarlane, Charles, 1799-1858.

Edité par Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard; Bradley and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars, 1850, 1850

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[1st edition; 1st printing] ; 2 v. 20 cm. ; v. 1 xii, 543, 16 ; v. 2. ix, 681 pp. LCCN 05007248 ; LC DR427 .M143 ; OCLC 2859303 ; black mid-19th century blind-stamped tooling with gold lettering ; wear to spines, but tight ; foxing ; "I would not knowingly have made a long journey to witness the dying agonies of an empire I never should have thought of going to Turkey in 1847 if I had not been induced to believe that since my last sojourn there in 1827-8 the Government and the condition of the people had been greatly improved that an equality of rights had been established between the Mussulmans and the Chris tian and the other Rayah subjects of the Sultan and that the tyranny oppression and corruption on the part of the men in office and power which had been so revolting during my former residence had almost ceased since the accession of Sultan Abdul Medjid and the rise of his present Vizier Reschid Pasha Without be lieving all that was told to me by persons in the service of the Ottoman Government and closely connected with Reschid I felt confident from their assurances that Turkey had made and was then making a consi derable progress in order justice and civilization I went honestly in search of this improvement but to see and judge for myself The state of things which I found is explained in these volumes." ; Partial contents: Chapter I : Voyage to Constantinople -- Chapter 2: Constantinople Landing -- Chapter 3: Constantinople Mild Administration of the Penal Laws Executions now very rare in the Capital Beheading an Armenian Renegade -- Chapter 4: Constantinople Fast of the Ramazan -- Chapter 5 : Journey to Brusa Gulf of Moudania The Town of Ghio or Ghemlik Kir Yani -- Chapter 6: Brusa The Bazaars Civility of the Turks Moutons Dorés Poverty and Decay The last Night of Ramazan The Feast of Bairam -- Chapter 7: A great Fire at Pera Festival of the Circumcision More Corvées A Hunt after Horses and Mules and the Snow of Olympus The Pasha's horrible Tyranny -- Chapter 8: Philladar Barbarous Persecution of Albanian Christians in 1845 6 Hadji Mustapha Dilapidation Padre Antonio Hidden Treasures -- Chapter 9: Journey to Kutayah The Pasha's Cavass Ak Sou Decreasing Population Merry Halil Plain of Yeni Ghieul Hills of Gypsum Town of Yeni Ghieul Dinner and Lodging at the Governor's The Aghà of Yeni Shehr a Turkish Antiquary -- Chapter 10: City of Kutayah Carrots Wonderful Cabbages Dr Bozzi The Greek Bishop his House -- Chapter 11: Journey back to Brusa by Nicæa Desolate Country Log huts Great Abundance of Game Village of Derè Lailek -- Chapter 12: Hadji Haivat Agriculture of the Plain of Brusa No Hay -- Chapter 13: Journey to the Westward of Brusa Cemeteries Fountains in Ruins Horrible Roads Ruined Bridges The Vakoufs of the Mosques seized by Government -- Chapter 14: Fine Country but uncultivated Lake of Magnass A Turkish Wedding Bishop of Cyzicus Modern Town of Erdek or Artaki -- Chapter 15: From Balukli to Brusa Death of poor Antonacki Crossing Rivers Tournefort's Granicus The Sultan's Merinos Sheep and their forlorn Condition Town of Khirmasti -- Chapter 16: Brusa More Turkish Oppression Yorvacki the Greek put to the Torture Revisit the Pasha of Brusa Specimen of a Turkish Statesman and Administrator Devoured for Backshish Denial of Justice False Witnesses -- Chapter 17: practised upon the Sultan Justice False Witnesses Deceptions No Law no Protection to Destruction Hadji Haivat A Scene by the ruined Khan Beautiful Weather in December Wolves and Jackals -- Chapter 18: Journey back to Constantinople Kelessen Yorvacki and Family Demirdesh A Greek assassinated by mistake his Widow Greek Marriage Festivals -- Chapter 19: Constantinople Turkish Ministers and Reformers Backshish Dishonesty of the Turks Buffoons and Dervishes -- Chapter 20: Constantinople Winter at Pera Fires Poisoning Dogs -- Chapter 21: Constantinople The Dancing Dervishes at Pera -- Chapter 22: Medical School at Galata Serai Infidelity ; very scarce VG/VG.

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• Titre: Turkey and its destiny the result of journeys made in 1847 and 1848 to examine into the state of that country
• Éditeur: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard; Bradley and Evans, Printers, Whitefriars, 1850
• Date de parution: 1850
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Type de livre: Book