INDEX

Adrianople:
Court at, 24, 26, 28, 68;
Finch’s preparations for, 86-8;
entry into, 93-4;
quarters in, 94-5, 172;
foreign diplomats in, 96-7;
the city, 97;
festivities in, 68-9, 105-113, 131;
plague in, 136-7, 138, 139, 156, 163, 174;
departure from, 175-6;
Levant Company and Finch’s visit, App. XIII. 400

Affaire du Sofa, see Soffah

Aga of Pasha of Tunis, 16-20, 85-6, 305, 306

Ahmed Kuprili, Grand Vizir:
character, 12-15, 103, 104, 160, 165, 191-3, 225, 354, App. IV. 385-386;
siege of Candia, 14, 16, 132, 207;
negotiations with Poland, 31, 68;
and Pasha of Tunis, 85, 86, 173-4;
finds quarters for Finch, 95;
Finch’s audience with, 98-103;
Charles II.’s letter to, App. II. 381-382;
and Holy Sepulchre disputes, 117, 118-19, 123, 125, 158;
and Tripoli corsairs, 129, 182;
his intemperance, 132, 164, 165, 169;
and Capitulations, 134, 147, 149, 158, 159, 160, 166, 169-71, 180;
at Finch’s audience with Grand Signor, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146;
and Vani Effendi, 153;
letters to Charles II., 170;
and Genoese Resident, 294;
his death, 191, 192, 193;
Kara Mustafa and, 325 (note)

Ak-bonar, 137

Aleppo:
Anglo-French disputes at, 72-3, 188;
customs duties at, 181, 218;
dollars consigned to, 237-243;
Hattisherif, 27, 150;
library at, App. VI. 389;
Pasha of, 237-8

Algiers pirates, 85, 244, 248-9

Allin, Sir Thomas, 85

Alloy, the, described, 257-8, 370 (note)

Ambassadors:
state kept by, 36, 39-40;
Turkish conception of responsibilities of, 273, 303-4, App. XV. 402-3

American ceremonialism, 200

Anchorage charges, 28

Ancona, 284

Angel, the, App. V. 387

Angora, 236

Argostoli, 351

Arlington, Lord, 3, 4-5, 52, 116, 121

Ashby, Mr. John:
the Pizzamano case, 211, 212-13, 214, 215-16, 218, 222, 231;
the Pentlow case, 268, 269, 271-6

Asper, 233

Austria attacked, 361, 362;
in Holy League, 364-5

Avanias, 15, 228, 229, 233, 264, 274, 281, 283, 365

Avji, the Hunter, 25, 131, 144, 146.
See Mohammed IV.


Bailo of Venice, the, 20;
and religious disputes, 119, 122, 124, 151;
and Sir John Finch, 185, 189;
Kara Mustafa and, 202, 227-8, 229-30, 281-3, 321, 359

Baines, Sir Thomas, 40-44, 353;
on the Turks, 22-3;
journey to Adrianople, 89, 90, 94;
at Karagatch, 137, 175;
and Vani Effendi, 153, 155-7;
reproves Nointel, 190-91;
pulls strings for Finch, 245;
his sedan chair, 291;
death, 344-5, 347;
burial, 352

Bairam, Feast of the, 20, 216, 222, 316

Bakshish, App. IX. 394

Barat, 266, 267

Baratlis, 266

Barbary corsairs, 83-5, 339-41, 345, 348

Barton, Edward, 119

Belgrade, 39

Bendyshe, Sir Thomas, 26, 120

Berkeley, Earl of, 312, 313

Bocareschi, Count, 133, 155, 156, 163

Books in 17th century, App. VI. 388-9

Bostanji-bashi, 248

Boza, 323, 324

Broesses, M. de, 297

Brusa, 236

Busbequius, 8;
quoted, 33


Caboga, Signor, Ambassador of Ragusa, 96, 112, 113, 250, 251

Cadileskers, 140, 142, 303, 306, 315

Caloyers, Greek, 118, 119, 151

“Cambio Marittimo,” 83

Cambridge, 2, 40, 112;
Covel at, 54-55, 369-70, 371-2

Cancellier, Levant Company’s, 51, 142, 144, 145

Candia, siege of, 14, 15, 16, 101, 132

Canizares, 119, 122

Capiji-bashi, 93, 139

Capitan Pasha, 193, 212;
the new, 248, 257, 279, 340, 341, 346

Capitulations, the, 14, 26-31, 98, 100, 293-5;
prepared, 104, 134;
Latin Fathers and, 124-5;
postponements, 147, 149-51;
draft shown, 157, 158, 159;
the signature question, 166-7, App. XI. 396;
signed, 168, 169, 170;
not appreciated, 178-9;
difficulties in execution, 180-81;
Ahmed Kuprili maintains, 180, 193;
Grand Signor and, App. X. 395;
Kara Mustafa and, 223, 244, 249, 270-71;
and cloth trade, 247;
married Franks and, 266-7, 270-71;
Kara Mustafa holds for ransom, 292, 293-6;
silk duty under, 349

Capitulations, the Dutch, 296-8, 300

Carlowitz, Peace of, 365

Carpenter, Mr. William, 51, 142, 144

Catholics, see Roman Catholics

Ceremonialism, diplomatic, 199-200

Chandos, Lord:
appointment, 313-314, 329;
arrival, 335-6, 337;
delivers his letters, 339, 342-3;
silk duty dispute, 348, 349-50, 355-8;
his Audience delayed, 358, 364;
retirement, 364

Chaoush-bashi, 93, 139, 142, 198, 216, 239, 346, 355, 356

Chaplyn, Captain, 18-19, 304, 305, 306

Charles II.:
knights Finch, 2;
Arlington and, 5;
policy of, 9, 15, 359;
and Levant Merchants, 10-11, App. III. 384;
and Grand Duke of Tuscany, 18;
and Rycaut, 53, 367-8;
Treaty of Dover, 69, 71, 121;
and Roman Catholics, 120-121;
letter to Grand Vizir, 99, App. II. 381-2;
letter to Grand Signor, 144, 145-6, App. II. 380-81;
gift of figs to, 170, 179-180, 209, 223;
and Turkish currency, 235;
turns against Louis, 260, 263;
appoints Finch’s successor, 311, 312, 313, 314, 329;
suspends trade with Turkey, 319, 320;
letters borne by Chandos, 337-8, 342;
resumes trade, 348-9

Chios:
Ahmed Kuprili at, 132;
French bombard, 340-41, 346, 359

Christ’s College, Cambridge:
Finch at, 2, 40;
Baines at, 40;
Covel at, 53, 55;
Finch and Baines buried at, 352;
Covel Master of, 369-70

Circassian slave, 184

Circumcision festival, 68, 105-9

Clarendon, Earl of, 121, 367

Cloth trade, English, 27-8, 149-50, 247, App. XII. 397

Coke, Mr. Thomas, Cancellier, 51, 142, 144, 145

Colbert, 50

Collyer, Jakob, 365

Collyer, Justinus, 298, 299-300, 328, 333.
See Dutch Resident

Constantinople:
city described, 24-25, 33-6, 38-9, 44-5;
Finch reaches, 20;
Grand Signor’s dislike of, 24-6, 182;
customs duties, 27;
plague in, 24, 176-7;
religious disputes in, 55-6, 57;
Finch returns to, 176;
Grand Signor at, 182-4, 196, 278

Constantinople Embassy:
Finch’s aversion to, 4, 5;
Finch accepts, 1, 5, 11;
appointments to, App. III. 383-4;
character of post, 7-11;
chaplaincy, 54 (see Covel);
candidates for, 311-14

Constantinople factory and Pentlow case, 274

Conway, Anne, Viscountess, 3

Conway, Lord, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 22, 44, 245

Cordeliers, Spanish, 119, 122-7, 138, 150-52, 158-9, 254-5, 286

Corsairs:
and Porte, 16-17, 84-5, 340-41, App. XV. 402-3;
and English ships, 16-17, 83, 85, App. V. 387, App. XV. 402-403

Counterfeit coin, 76-7, 82, 234-7, App. I. 379

Covel, Rev. John:
Constantinople chaplain, 53-7, 66, 89;
journey to Adrianople, 90, 91;
on Adrianople quarters, 91, 94, 97, 98;
on Ahmed Kuprili, 102;
during festivities, 111-13, 250;
and religious controversy, 122, 125-6;
on Turkish Court, 131, 132;
and Bocareschi, 133;
at Karagatch, 137, 148;
at Grand Signor’s Audience, 142, 143, 144, 145;
on Vani Effendi, 154;
return to Constantinople, 176;
in Grand Signor’s camp, 182-3;
leaves Constantinople, 287-8;
later career, 368-72

Crete, war in, 14, 118

Crim Tartar, 253

Cromwell, Oliver, 10, 15, 120

Crow, Sir Sackville, 10, 26, App. III. 384

Currency, Turkish, 233-6

Customer, Chief, see Hussein Aga

Customs-duties, 26-8, 349-50, 355-9

Cypress trees, 36


Deereham, Sir Richard, 313

Dey of Tripoli, 83, 84, 129, 182

Dishe parassi, 91, App. IX. 394

Divan, 139-40

Dositheos, 119, 125-6

Dover, Treaty of, 69, 71, 121

Dragoman of the Porte, see Mavrocordato, Dr.

Dragomans, 46-50, 204, 266, 267;
Finch’s, 50-51, 86-7, 94-5, 164, 175-6, 186-7, 203-4, 272, 315, 330.
See Draperys and Perone

Draperys, Signor Giorgio, 50-51, 89, 94, 95, 141, 144, 145-6, 164, 186-7, 188

Drink, excess in, fashionable, 60, App. VIII. 392-3

Druggermen, see Dragomans

Duquesne, Admiral, 340-41, 345, 346, 348, 359-60

Dutch:
Kara Mustafa and, 202, 228, 296-8, 300, 359;
married, 267;
rivalry with English, 28, 237, 238, 240, 242, 247

Dutch Cancellier, 294

Dutch Capitulations, 296-8, 300

Dutch Resident, 31, 160-161;
Kara Mustafa and, 202, 228, 298, 300;
Finch’s quarrels with, 299-300, 327, 332-3


Elizabethan relations with Turks, 8, 30, 46, 326-7;
with Greeks, 119

English:

Dutch and, 28, 237, 238, 240, 242, 247;
French and, 71-72, 73-6, 80-82, 261-2, 262-3;
Greeks and, 119;
Turks and, 16-17, 100-101, 224, 231-2, 236-7

English, custom-house privileges of, 246-8

English merchants, 36-9;
married, 267, 269, App. XIV. 401;
Turkish justice and, 28-30, 63, 157-8, 223-4, 231-2, 274, 307-8

English renegades, 29-30, 149, 157-8

English shipping:
pirates and, 16-17, 83, 85, App. V. 387, App. XV. 402-3;
Turks requisition, 15, 127-9

Eyre, Sir John, 10


False coin, manufacture of, 76-7, 82, 234-7

Festivities at Adrianople, 68, 105-113, 131

Finch, Sir Heneage (father), 1

Finch, Sir Heneage (brother), 1, 2, 3, 288.
See Nottingham, Earl of

Finch, Heneage (cousin), 4.
See Winchilsea, Earl of

Finch, Heneage (nephew), 2

Finch, Sir John (Baron), 1

Finch, Sir John, Ambassador at Constantinople:
family, 1-2, 4;
early career, 2-3;
knighted, 2;
in Italy, 2, 3-5;
appointed Ambassador to the Porte, 1, 5, 11;
character of post, 7-11;
his instructions, 9, App. I. 377-379;
credentials, App. II. 380-382;
the case of the Pasha of Tunis, 16-20, 85-6;
landing at Smyrna, 19-20, 22, 71;
arrival at Constantinople, 20;
audience of the Kaimakam, 20-21, 30-31;
the new Capitulations, 26-31;
life in Constantinople, 36-41, 43-5;
devotion to Baines, 40-44, 353;
Dragomans, 50-51;
colleagues and friends, 51-67;
delays presenting credentials, 69, 88, 165, 173;
Anglo-French difficulties, 69-77;
relations with Nointel, 69, 78-82;
the Tripoli corsairs, 83-5, 102, 129, 181-2;
claims of the Pasha of Tunis, 85-6, 173-4, 244, 300;
preparations for journey, 69, 86-8;
journey to Adrianople, 89-93, App. XIII. 400;
enters city, 93-4, 172;
his quarters, 94-5, 97-8, 172;
and other diplomats, 96-7;
audience of Grand Vizir, 98-103;
preparing the Capitulations, 104, 115, 134;
at festivities, 110, 134;
dispute between Greek and Latin Fathers, 116, 119, 122-6, 150-152, 158-9;
requisitioning of English ship, 127-30;
winning favour at Court, 131-4;
Capitulations promised, 134, 138;
audience of Grand Signor, 136, 139-46, 172;
Capitulations delayed, 147-8, 149-53, 157-9;
the bribery system, 159-162;
further delays, 162-8;
Capitulations signed and delivered, 168-73, 174, App. XI. 396;
return to Constantinople, 175-6;
Levant Company’s ingratitude, 178-80;
Capitulations upheld, 180-81;
Tripoli corsairs punished, 181-2;
Grand Signor at Constantinople, 182-4;
quarrel with Genoese Resident, 185-8;
difference with Nointel, 188-190;
death of Ahmed Kuprili, 191-3
Kara Mustafa, 194-5, 196-7, 207, 225-6;
the Soffah affair, 198-201, 202, 203-5, 207-8, 249;
diplomatic illness, 201-3, 210;
negotiations for an audience, 203-5, 207-8, 209-10, 216-19;
the Ashby case, 211-216, 218, 222, 227, 232;
audience of Kara Mustafa, 222-5;
on Kara Mustafa’s extortions, 227-30, 256;
the Aleppo dollars case, 237-43;
troubles to come, 244-245;
friendly Turkish dignitaries, 246-9, 326, 330;
on Kara Mustafa and Ambassadors, 250-255;
Greek and Latin Fathers again, 254-5;
description of the Alloy, 256-9;
Anglo-French disagreement, 260-62;
compact with Nointel, 262-3;
on Vizir’s return, 264-5;
the Pentlow case, 268-77;
on Court affairs, 278-84;
colleagues leave Turkey, 287-8;
contract with Levant Company expires, 288;
standing with Turks, 290-92;
the Smyrna Jew’s case, 293-5;
Kara Mustafa holds Capitulations for ransom, 295-6, 343;
quarrels with Dutch Resident, 299-300, 327-9, 332-4;
revival of case of Pasha of Tunis, 301, 302-10;
Finch stands firm, 308-10;
proceedings suspended, 310-11, 314, 329, 330-31, 335, 336, 337;
his successor appointed, 311-14, 329;
breach with Kara Mustafa, 314-20;
on the Kehayah’s execution, 322-6, 327, 329;
Kara Mustafa’s temporary friendliness, 330-31;
awaiting Chandos, 335, 336, 337, 342;
on trouble between France and Turkey, 342, 345-7;
the Pasha of Tunis defeated, 343;
death of Baines, 344-5, 347;
departure from Turkey, 347-8, 350;
the voyage home, 350-52;
death and burial, 352

Fireworks, Turkish, 107-8

Florence, Finch at, 3, 4, 5, 7, 18, 19, 33, 40

France:
England and, 69, 71, 121;
war with, 375, App. XVI. 406-7;
Germany and, 31, 170, 171, 361;
Spain and, 171
Turkey and, 15, 118;
crisis between, 339-342, 345, 348, 359, 361

France, King of, styled Padishah, 30

Franceschi, Domenico, 16, 17, 18

Franks:
marriages of, 266-7, App. XIV. 401;
Turks and, 11-12, 14-15, 17, 65-6, 335, 359, 360-361, 365

French:
against Turks in Crete, 15, 118;
and interpreter problem, 49-50;
ceremonialism, 200;
married factors, 267, 286;
rivalry and disputes with English, 69-70, 71-6, 80-82, 203, 206, 224, 238, 247;
war on Tripoli pirates, 339-41, 345, 348, 359


Galata, 35, 186, 266, App. XIV. 401

Genoa, 18, 234, 283

Genoese Resident, 185-8, 202, 228-9, 283, 286, 294, 321

German Emperor’s Resident, 31, 96.
See Kindsberg

German Internuncio, 263-4, 280

Germany:
France and, 31, 170, 171, 361;
supports Latin Fathers, 117

Glover, Sir Thomas, 119

Golden Horn, the, 35

Goodwill, the, App. V. 387

Grand Signor, 8, 15, 35;
and vassal corsairs, 84-5, 102, 244, 248-9, 303, 340-41.
See Mohammed IV.

Grand Vizirs, 12, 103-4, 293.
See Ahmed Kuprili, Kara Mustafa, Mohammed Kuprili

Greek and Latin Churches, feud between, 55-6, 57, 116-19, 120, 122-7, 150-52, 158-9, 254-5, 286

Greek Patriarchs, 55-6, 122

Greeks, English and, 119

Guilds, processions of, 105, 106, 257, 259

Guilleragues, M. de:
the Soffah question, 285-7, 321, 326, 334-5, 342, 346-7;
and bombardment of Chios, 340, 341-2, 346-7, 360

Gunning, Lady, 373


Haghen, Cornelius, 300

Haratch, 266, 267

Harem intrigues, 103, 324, 326-7

Harvey, Sir Daniel, 1, 4, 8, 17, 26, 177;
and pirates, 17, 85;
and Nointel, 70;
and Catholics, 121-2;
and false coin, 235, 236;
Grand Signor and, 146, App. X. 395;
Ahmed Kuprili and, App. IV. 386;
Kara Mustafa and, 207

Hasnadar, 161, 212, 215, 216, 222

Hattisherif, Aleppo, 27, 150

Hedges and Palmer, Messrs., 61-2

Hoffmann, German Internuncio, 263-4, 280

Hoggiet, 293, 305

Holland, Resident of, see Dutch Resident

Holy League, 365

Holy Roman Empire, 280

Holy Sepulchre disputes, 116-19, 122-7, 158-9, 254-5, 286

Hunter, the, 74, 81, 183

Hunter, the (Mohammed IV.), 25

Hussein Aga, Chief Customer, 134, 180-81;
friendly to Finch, 210, 246-8, 319, 320, 326;
and Ashby case, 214, 215-16;
and Aleppo dollars, 239, 241, 242;
and Pentlow case, 366

Hyet, Mr., 95, 142, 144, 356


Ibrahim, Sultan, 25

Imperial Resident, see Kindsberg and Sattler

Interpreters, 21, 30-31, 47-8, 49-50

Italy, Finch in, 2, 3, 33


James II., 369, App. XV. 402-3

Janissaries, 91, 136, 139, 141, 256, 257, 258

Jenkins, Sir Leoline, 315, 316

Jersey, Earl of, 366

Jerusalem, the, App. XV. 402

Jerusalem:
Holy Sepulchre disputes, 116-19, 122-7, 151, 158-9, 254-5, 286;
Patriarch, 119, 125;
Nointel at, 151

Jesuits, 120

Jew, Kara Mustafa’s, 296, 298, 343, 366

Jew of Smyrna, case of, 292-3, 296

Jewish quarter, Adrianople, 94, 98


Kaftans, 20, 100, 102-3, 169, 197, 217, 219, 248

Kaimakam, 19-20, 30-31, 88

Karagatch, 137, 139, 148, 175

Kara Mustafa, 152, 193-5, 196, 230-231, 284-5;
motives of his extortions, 230-31
Ambassadors and Residents, 196-197, 202
Dutch, 202, 228, 229, 297-8, 300, 332-3, 359
English:
Finch:
diplomatic illness, 201-3, 210;
negotiations for audience, 203-8, 209-10, 216-19, 221-2;
the Ashby case, 212, 213, 216, 217-18, 219, 222, 231-2;
audience with, 222-5;
Aleppo dollars case, 238-44;
the Pentlow case, 286-76;
Capitulations held for ransom, 293-6, 343;
the Pasha of Tunis, 302-10, 314-20
Chandos:
and Charles II.’s letters, 337-8, 342-3;
silk duty case, 349-50, 355-9
French:
Nointel, 197-9, 200, 201, 207, 208-9, 226;
Guilleragues, 286-7, 334-5, 341, 342, 346-7, 360-61
Genoese, 202, 228-9, 283, 321
German, 228, 264, 280, 279, 280-81
Polish, 251-4, 255, 259-60, 279
Ragusan, 228, 230, 250-51, 284
Russian, 255, 256, 279-80
Venetian, 202, 227-8, 229-30, 279, 281-3, 321, 359
the Soffah affair, 198-9, 203, 207 208, 286, 290, 334-5, 341, 342, 343, 346-7;
and Capitulations, 223, 244, 293-6, 343;
extortions from Turks, 230, 256;
the Russian war, 257, 258, 265, 361;
and married Franks, 267, 270;
his Kehayah executed, 323-5, 326, 327, 329;

attacks Austria, 361-2;
defeated, 363-4;
executed, 364

Kehayah, Ahmed Kuprili’s (Soliman), 86, 104;
Finch interviews, 114, 115, 116, 125;
and requisitioning of English ship, 127-8;
and delayed Capitulations, 134, 138, 147, 150, 158, 166-7, 174;
and title of Padishah, 150, 159, 160-161, 173;
and customs dues, 180-181;
and Tripoli corsairs, 182;
and Ahmed’s death, 191;
becomes Master of the Horse, 195, 323, 324, 331-2;
Kara Mustafa and, 323, 324, 326, 331;
sent to Mecca, 332;
becomes Vizir, 365

Kehayah, Kara Mustafa’s, 197;
refuses Finch’s Bairamlik, 216-217;
and Aleppo dollars, 239, 241;
and Polish Ambassador, 254;
and Pentlow case, 272, 273, 276;
threatens tax on Ambassadors, 283;
and case of Pasha of Tunis, 218, 306, 307, 315, 316, 317-18, 319;
executed, 320-25
his successor, 355, 356

Kindsberg, Count, German Emperor’s Resident, 31, 96-7, 133;
Kara Mustafa and, 228, 263, 279, 280;
death of, 264, 280-81

Kislar Aga, 103, 319, 323-4, 326

Knatchbull, Major, 313

Konaks, 90

Kuchuk Chekmejé, 90


La Croix, M. de, 96, 97

Landed and trading classes, 58-9, App. VII. 390

Latin and Greek Churches, feud between, 55-6, 57, 116-19, 120, 122-7, 150-52, 158-9, 254-5, 286

Lawson, Sir John, 85

Lello, Henry, 119

Leopold, Emperor, 362

Leopold, Prince, 3

Leslie, Walter, 96

Levant, luxuries of the, 37-9

Levant Company, 7;
Charter of, 10, App. III. 383-4;
and Ambassador’s appointment, 7, 10-11, App. III. 383-4;
instructions to officers by, App. VI. 388-9;
trade of, App. XII. 397-8;
and Pasha of Tunis, 17-18;
opposes credit system, 178, App. XII. 397-9;
forbids temeens, 235, 236-7, 238;
imports Lion dollars, 237;
false economy of, 238, 243;
and Pentlow case, 270-71;
and suspension of trade with Turkey, 319-20, 337-8;
forced to resume trade, 348-9
Finch and, 9, 11, 178-9, 288, 311
Treasurer of, see North

Levantine Families, 267, App. XIV. 401

Libraries, 17th century, App. VI. 388-9

Lion dollars, 233, 235, 236, 237-43

Lorraine, Duke of, 262, 263

Louis XIV.:
Charles II. and, 69, 71, 260, 263;
and Soffah, 334;
and Barbary pirates, 339, 342, 359;
and Turkish campaign against Austria, 361, 362

Lucaris, Cyril, 119-120

Luigini, 233-6


Mahomet Kuprili, see Mohammed Kuprili

Majorca corsairs, 72

Malta, Finch at, 19

Marriages of Franks, 267, App. XIV. 401

Mary and Martha, the, 183

Matthewes, Sir Phi., 313

Mavrocordato, Dr., Dragoman of the Porte, 100, 140, 143, 144, 164, 168, 198, 217, 239, 300

Mediterranean, the, 16, 17, 18, 304, 306

Meletios, 119

Merchants trading into Levant Seas, see Levant Company

Mohammed IV., Grand Signor, 24, 25, 105-6;
and hunting, 25, 259;
dislike of Constantinople, 24-6, 182;
and Capitulations, 27, 166-8, 169;
forbids tobacco, 63;
at his festivities, 68-9, 87, 105-6;
requisitions English ship, 127-8;
prohibits intoxicants, 131, 148, 153, 322, 324;
flees plague, 137;
Finch’s audience with, 138, 140, 143-6;
and Vani Effendi, 153-4;
signature to Capitulations, 166-8, 169;
letters to Charles II., 170;
in Constantinople, 182-3;
leaves Constantinople, 191;
and death of Ahmed Kuprili, 192, 231;
returns to Constantinople, 196;
demands on Kara Mustafa, 231;
in Silistria, 251;
his Alloy, 257-258;
fills Seraglio, 278;
returns to Adrianople, 317, 318;
executes Kehayah, 322-3, 324, 325;
and Soliman, 331;
Charles II.’s letters to, 337-8, App. II. 380-381;
and corsairs, 84-5, 102, 244, 248-9, 303, 340;
and Guilleragues, 346;
reign ends, 365

Mohammed Kuprili, 12, 13, 225, App. IV. 385-6

Moldavia, Prince of, 51, 256, 284

Money, Turkish, 233-6

More, Henry, 352

Morosini, Signor, 185, 282.
See Bailo of Venice

Mufti, the, 105, 132, 149, 152, 158, 269, 357

Muhurdar, 166, 168

Munden, Sir Richard, 261

Murad III., 26

Muscovy:
campaign against, 32, 257, 258, 265, 361;
Embassy from, 255-6, 259-60, 279-80

Mustafa Pasha, 152.
See Kara Mustafa

Muteferrika, 133, 134


Naculs, 110

Narbrough, Admiral Sir John, 129, 181-2, 244, 248-9

Neale, Mr. Thomas, 313

Nicholas, Secretary, 121

Nicusi, Panayoti, 117, 118

Nimeguen, Treaty of, 263

Nishanji-bashi, 140, 141, 142, 159

Nointel, Marquis de, 69;
and Smyrna disturbance, 72, 73;
Rycaut and, 73-5, 77, 82;
Finch’s interview with, 78-82;
at Adrianople, 95;
and religious disputes, 117, 118, 122, 123, 151, 152;
Ahmed Kuprili and, 165;
quarrel with Finch, and reconciliation, 188-91;
Kara Mustafa and, 197-9, 200, 201, 207, 208-9, 227, 229;
the Soffah question, 198-201, 206, 207, 208-9;
Anglo-French compact with Finch, 262-3;
leaves Turkey, 287

North, Hon. Dudley:
early career, and character, 57-67;
economic genius, 67, 373-4, App. XVI. 404-6;
and journey to Adrianople, 87, 90, 94, 95;
at festivities, 106, 110-11, 113-14;
and religious disputes, 124;
during plague, 137-8;
at Grand Signor’s audience, 142, 144-5;
and Capitulations negotiations, 157, 160, 161, 167-8;
leaving Adrianople, 175;
on Ashby case, 211, 232;
and Kara Mustafa, 226;
and Aleppo dollars, 239, 242, 243;
Hussein Aga and, 248;
in Adrianople, 272;
leaves Turkey, 287;
a candidate for Embassy, 312-13;
resumes trade too soon, 348;
political career, 372-5;
trial, 374-5;
pamphlet by, App. XVI. 404-6;
back in Turkey trade, 375;
farming, 375;
death, 376

North, Lady Dudley, 373

North, Montagu, 62, 287, 356

Nottingham, Earl of, 2, App. VII. 390


Ottavi, 233-6

Oxford, the, 336, 337, 347, 348


Padishah, the title of, 30-31, 145, 150, 159, 160, 172-3

Padua, Finch at, 2, 40, 168

Pagett, Lord, 365, 366-7

Palatine of Kulm, 251-3, 254, 255

Palmer, Mr., 61-2

Panayotaki, 117-18

Parker, Captain, 75

Pasha of Aleppo, 237-8, 243

Pasha of Tunis, 16-20, 85-7, 173-4, 218, 244, 248;
his Vakil, 218;
his case revived, 301-11, 314-17, 329, 330, 335, 337;
Chandos defeats, 343

Pashas and Pashaliks, 91

Patriarch of Constantinople, 122

Patriarch of Jerusalem, 119, 125

Pay day of troops, 136, 140-141

Pentlow case, 268-76, 365, 366-7

Pera, 35, 38, 162, 165, 176, 267, 335;
illicit still at, 186

Perone, Signor Antonio, 51, 86-7, 88, 92, 94-5, 164, 166-7, 272

Peskeshji-bashi, 139, 141

Pickering, Dr., 142

Pirates:
and English shipping, 16-17, 72-3, 83, 85, App. V. 387, App. XV. 402-3;
French and, 72-3, 339-41, 345, 348, 359;
the Porte and, 16-17, 84-5, 102, 244, 248-9, 303, 340-41, App. XV. 402-3

Pisa, Finch at, 2

Pizzamano, Signor, 211, 212, 214-15, 216, 222

Plague, 39;
in Adrianople, 136-7, 138, 156, 163, 168, 174, 175-6;
in Constantinople, 39, 176-7;
in Karagatch, 148;
Ambassadors die of, 252-3, 264

Podolia, 254

Poland:
Turkey and, 14, 31, 32, 68;
peace negotiations, 210, 251-3, 254, 264;
and Holy Sepulchre, 254;
announces truce with Muscovites, 279;
and Turkish overthrow, 363-4;
in Holy League, 365

Polish Ambassador, Kara Mustafa and, 251-4, 255, 259-60, 279

Pope and Turks, 284

Popish Plot, 372, App. XVI. 406

Prince, the Turkish, 108-9, 258

Puntiglio, Finch and, 20, 30-31, 78, 80, 87, 88, 95-6, 188-9, 199, 200, 203-4, 210, 217, 219, 299, 326, 327-9


Queen Regent, 324, 326


Ragusa, Ambassador of:
at Adrianople, 96, 112, 113;
Kara Mustafa and, 228, 230, 250-51, 284

Rais Effendi, 104;
and Capitulations, 114, 134, 147, 149, 157, 159, 166, 167, 172, 173, 174;
and audience with Kara Mustafa, 204-5;
and Kara Mustafa’s extortions, 229, 230;
and Palatine of Kulm, 254;
and Pasha of Tunis case, 302, 306, 330-31, 336

Rayahs, 266, 267, App. XIV. 401

Renegades, 29-30, 107, 149, 157-8, 212

Residents and Ambassadors, 205-6

Roe, Sir Thomas, 120, 220-21, 285 (note)

Roman Catholics:
in England, 119, 120, 121, 126;
in Turkey, 48-9, 120, 121;
Charles II. and, 120-121

Russia:
Turco-Polish campaign against, 32;
Kara Mustafa attacks, 255-60, 264, 361;
peace negotiations, 279-80;
in Holy League, 361

Rycaut, Sir Paul, 51-3, 66;
and Anglo-French disputes, 71, 73-75, 77, 82, 261;
and Turks, 133 (note), 290;
on Ahmed Kuprili, App. IV. 386;
and Ashby case, 211-12;
and coining, 236;

and Pentlow case, 271, 273, 276;
leaves Turkey, 287;
desires Constantinople Embassy, 312, 313;
subsequent career, 367-8


St. Demetrius Hill, 177, 264

St. Gothard, battle of, 14

St. John, Mrs., 366, 367

Sattler, Imperial Resident, 263, 264, 280

Scanderoon, 72, 218

Scutari, 36

Sedan chairs, Turks and, 291

Selivria, 91, 191

Seraglio, Grand Signor’s, 35, 182, 278;
intrigues in, 103, 324, 326-7

Seven Towers, 208, 228, 282, 298, 317, 346

Silk duty dispute, 349-50, 355-9

Smith, Mr. Gabriel, 268, 269, 271, 272-6

Smith, Dr. Thomas, 54

Smyrna:
Finch lands at, 19, 20, 71-2;
Anglo-French disputes at, 71-2, 73-6, 80-82, 261-2;
library at, App. VI. 389;
life in, 38-9;
North at, 59-60

Smyrna factory, 20, 27, 38-9, 60, 165-6;
and Ashby case, 213, 218;
and Pentlow case, 274, 276

Smyrna figs, 170, 179-80, 209, 223

Smyrna Jew, case of, 292-3, 296

Smyrna wine, App. VIII. 392-3

Sobieski, King of Poland, 32, 279, 363, 364

Soffah, the, 98-9;
Nointel and, 198-201, 206, 207, 208-9;
Finch and, 201-208, 209, 249, 290;
Guilleragues and, 285-7, 321, 326, 334-5, 342, 346-7;
Chandos and, 343

Soliman, see Kehayah, Ahmed Kuprili’s

Spain:
France and, 171;
Turkey and, 8, 117, 119

Spanish Cordeliers, 119, 122-7, 138, 150-52, 158-9, 254-5, 286

Spinola, Signor, 185-8, 228-9, 294, 321.
See Genoese Resident

“Sporca,” Sultana, 184

Spragge, Sir Edward, 85

Stamboli Effendi, 213, 214, 215, 216

Stambul described, 35;
Grand Signor and, 24

Sultan, see Mohammed IV.

Sultana “Sporca,” 184

Sunderland, Earl of, 315

Sweepstakes, the, 72


Tangier, 9

Tartar Han, 253

“Teeth money,” 91, App. IX. 394

Tefterdar, 138, 140, 141, 142, 149, 150, 157, 239

Temeens, 233-6

Terlingo, German Internuncio, 280

Thynne, Sir Thomas, 313

Tobacco forbidden, 63

Tories and Whigs, 372, 374, App. XVI. 407

Trading and landed classes, 58-9, App. VII. 390-391

Travellers, fear of, 91-2

Treaty of Dover, 69, 71, 121

Treaty of Nimeguen, 263

Tripoli corsairs:
English and, 16, 83-5, 86, 102, 129, 181-2;
French and, 339-41, 346;
the Porte and, 16-17, 84-5, 102, 244, 248-9, 303, 340-41

Tunis, Pasha of, see Pasha of Tunis

Turkey, 6, 8, 12;
cheap and luxurious living in, 37-8;
oppression in, 11-12, 38, 290-291;
plague in, 39

Turkey:
Austria and, 361, 362;
England and, 16-17, 100-101;
France and, 15, 118, 339-42, 345, 348, 359, 361;
Poland and, 14, 31, 32, 68, 251-4, 264, 363-364;
Russia and, 32, 255-6, 264, 279-80, 361;
Spain and, 8, 117, 119;
Venice and, 8, 14, 15-16, 281-3, 286

Turks:
and European envoys, 205-206, 220-21, 303-4, App. XV. 402-3;
tyranny of, 11-12, 38, 290-91;
Baines on, 22-3;
and Finch, 19-20, 291;
North’s popularity with, 63-6

Tuscany:
Finch in, 2,3;
coining in, 234

Tuscany, Grand Duke of:
Finch and, 3, 16, 19;
and pirates, 16, 18, 19


Ukrania surrendered, 253


Vani Effendi, Sheikh, 153-7

Vasvar, Peace of, 14

Venetian Ambassador, see Bailo of Venice

Venetians:
and Aleppo dollars, 238;
affray between Turks and, 359

Venice:
and Turkey, 8, 14, 15-16, 281-3, 286;
in Holy League, 364-5

Vienna, siege of, 362-4, 366


Wallachia, Prince of, 256

Wedding festivities, 68, 109-110

Whigs and Tories, 372, 374, App. XVI. 407

William of Orange, Covel and, 369-70

William, Prince of Furstenberg, 170-171

Winchilsea, Earl of, 4, 8-9;
on Ahmed Kuprili, 13, App. IV. 386;
on Constantinople, 34;
Rycaut and, 52, 312;
his Dragoman, 51;
and Capitulations, 26, 98, 167;
and pirates, 85, App. V. 387;
and Jerusalem Fathers, 120, 121, 124-5;
during plague, 177

Wych, Sir Peter, 120


Zechrin, 256, 264

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