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The Bashi-Bazouk
Among the tribes of semi-savage men which inhabit the confines of the Turkish Empire, none are more remarkable for their love of freedom than the Bashi-Bazouk. Since the war in…
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The Turkish Scribe
THE desire to communicate with friends at a distance is not crushed out, although the possibility of doing so is difficult in the extreme. With Americans, correspondence is a part…
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The Sultan And His Vizier
The beautiful engraving here presented to the reader represents the Sultan Abdul Medjid, and Mehmed, his grand vizier, holding a divan of public affairs. The sovereign is dressed in the…
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Enterprising Orientals
Some days ago, two young Turks, accompanied by an interpreter, arrived in Paris, and took up their abode at the Hotel du Globe, giving their names Hartinour and Barrhour. They…
Posted inColonization & Indigenous Relations
Fezzan Chieftains Beheaded By Ottomans
The Malta Times of the 25th ult., publishes advices from Tripoli of the 20th, announcing that the famous chieftain of Fezzan, Abd-el-Gelil, and his brother, Seif-el-Nasar, had been betrayed by…