street watchmen.

DIRHAM--a coin worth about 2-1/2_d._

DIVAN--council of state.

DZHIN--a huge supernatural being.

EFFENDI--a title of honor.

ETMEIDAN--the headquarters of the Janissaries.

FETVA--the opinion or judgment of a mufti.

FIRAK--bodies of troops.

FIRMAN--a decree issued by the Sultan.

GIAOUR--an infidel.

ICHOGLANLER--pages of non-Muhammadan parentage brought up at the
Sultan's palace.

IMAM--a priest who recites the canonical prayers.

JAMAK--the servant of a Janissary.

JANISSARIES--literally, "new soldiers" (jeni-cheri), originally
captive children brought up to be soldiers. This corps was for
centuries the flower of the Ottoman army.

JANISSARY AGA--the chief of the Janissaries.

JERID--a stick used as a dart in military exercises.

KADI--a judge.

KADUN-KEIT-KHUDA--guardian of the harem.

KAPU-AGASI--Lord Chamberlain.

KAPUDAN PASHA--Lord High Admiral.

KAPUJI--gate-keeper of the Seraglio.

KAPUJI PASHA--the introducer of the ambassadors.

KAPU-KIAJA--chief magistrate.

KHAT-I-SHERIF--a command either signed by the Sultan or issued
directly through him.

KHUMBARAJI--a bombardier.

KIZLAR-AGASI--chief inspector of the harem.

MOLLAH--the title of the highest grade of Ulemas.

MUEZZIN--the caller to prayer.

MUFTIS--those of the Ulemas who publish or seal the fetvas or other
public documents.

MURSHID--a spiritual guide.

NAMAZAT--the canonical prayer.

ODALISK--a concubine; literally, chambermaid.

ORTA--a company of Janissaries.

PALIKAR--"strong youth," a name given to themselves by the Klephts,
freebooters of Thessaly.

PARA--a farthing.

REIS-EFFENDI--Minister of Foreign Affairs.

SANDJAK-I-SHERIF--the sacred banner of the Prophet.

SERAGLIO }
SERAI } The Sultan's court.

SERAI-AGASI--chief inspector of the Seraglio.

SERASKIER--a commander-in-chief.

SHEIK-UL-ISLAM--the chief of all the muftis and Ulemas.

SILIHDARS--one of the six divisions of the mercenary cavalry, also
the Sultan's armor-bearers.

SIPAHIS }
SPAHIS } One of six divisions of the mercenary cavalry.

SULIOTES--a warlike Hellenized race of Albanian origin in the Pachalik
of Janina.

SULTANA-ASSEKI--The Sultan's consort.

SULTANA-VALIDEH--the Sultan's mother.

TIMARIOTES--Turkish feudal militia.

TOPORABAJI--gunners.

TOPIJIS--gunners.

ULEMAS--the learned men, including the muftis, the mollahs, the
kadis--in short, all the legal and ecclesiastical funct