The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople and Master of an Empire (40 page)

92 On the left side …, Necipoğlu, pp. 141-2

92-93 This bath is always …, ibid., p. 124

93 ‘Never hath a more delightful …’, Evliya Çelebi, vol. I, part I, p. 49

8. A RENAISSANCE COURT IN ISTANBUL

95 He himself spent …, Kritoboulos, p. 209

96 He [Mehmet] also ran …, ibid.

96 ‘how the Sultan …’, ibid., p. 177

96 Among the companions …, ibid.

96-97 So he called for…, ibid., pp. 209-10

97 ‘developments in the West …’, Babinger, p. 248

98 Let no one doubt …, ibid., p. 249

99 ‘To the Supreme Emperor…’, Kritoboulos, p. 3

100 ‘Rum and Frankish’, Raby, p. 19

100 ‘How the Sultan …’, Kritoboulos, p. 181

100 ‘must have been colored …’, Raby, p. 21

101 ‘held philosophical discussions …’, Kritoboulos, p. 209

101 ‘about the principles …’, ibid.

101 ‘seems to have been …’, Raby, p. 19

101 ‘a Hebrew commentary…’, ibid., p. 17

101-102 ‘Mordechai Comtino …’, ibid.

102 ‘the most original …’, Runciman,
The Last Byzantine Renaissance
, p. 2

102 ‘Neither, it will not …’, Wilson, p. 56

102-103 particularly by those …, Miller,
The Palace School of Muhammad the Conqueror
, pp. 28-9

103 When the rosebud …, Babinger, p. 474

103 ‘not the slightest cloud …’, ibid., p. 477

103 ‘Despite this poetic …’, ibid.

104 ‘prince of wickedness’, Setton, vol. II, p. 251

104 ‘a good painter’, Babinger, p. 378

104 ‘It was I who wrote …’, Miller,
The Palace School of Muhammad the Conqueror
, p. 35

105 ‘a parrot about to …’, Runciman,
The Fall of Constantinople 1453
, p. 58

105 ‘Mehmet, Emperor of …’, Babinger, p. 387

106 ‘one in the Persian-Karaman …’, Raby, p. 28

106 ‘The books and treatises …’, Stavrides, p. 294

106 ‘For the exalted Mahmut …’, ibid.

107 ‘the beam of the …’, ibid., p. 297

107 ‘were the most pleasant …’, ibid., p. 298

107 ‘Tursun Beg’s history…’, Tursun Beg, p. 20

107 ‘It is said that …’, Stavrides, p. 301

107-108 ‘The contents of …’, ibid., p. 307

108 She made her lock …, ibid., p. 314

108 ‘the young leader…’, Bisaha, p. 83

108 ‘While the Sultan …’, Kritoboulos, p. 210

9. THE CONQUEST OF NEGROPONTE

109 He himself with …, Kritoboulos, pp. 211-12

109-110 Then, with a mighty…, ibid., p. 215

110 My dearest son: …, Setton, vol. II, p. 279

110 ‘The lord Scanderbeg …’, ibid.

111 ‘how the pope refuses …’, ibid., p. 280

111 ‘the affairs of Scanderbeg …’, ibid.

111 ‘but his Holiness wants …’, ibid.

111 ‘Scanderbeg departed today…’, ibid., p. 282

111 ‘saying that he did …’, ibid.

111 ‘and so he …’, ibid.

112 ‘he ravaged the whole …’, Kritoboulos, p. 218

112 ‘who took refuge …’, ibid.

112 ‘when he learned …’, ibid., p. 219

113 ‘most loyal and …’, ibid., p. 222

113 As he found that …, ibid.

114 Hasan Beg went …, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, pp. 192-3

114 The Ottoman troops …, Tursun Beg, pp. 56-7

115 Never, in everyone’s …, Setton, vol. II, p. 291

116 ‘that the Turk has …’, ibid., p. 298-9

116 ‘At first I judged …’, ibid., p. 301

117 ‘on 15 June came …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 202

117 ‘Tell your lord …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 301

117 ‘Mahmud Pasha with …’, Stavrides, p. 170

119 ‘It is related …’, ibid., p. 172

119 ‘You can tell …’, Morris, p. 59

119 ‘no one in the armada …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 303

119 ‘All Venice is in …’, Babinger, p. 284

119 Today the report …, Setton, vol. II, p. 300

119-120 ‘Now it does indeed …’, ibid., p. 303

120 ‘dominion over the globe …’, Babinger, p. 284

120 ‘The Sultan did not …’, Tursun Beg, p. 58

10. VICTORY OVER THE WHITE SHEEP

122 ‘fleeing like a bandit …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 208

122 ‘Beloved sons, there …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 305

122 ‘Add also that we understand …’, ibid., p. 306

123 ‘that although fortune …’, ibid.

123 ‘that each should hold …’, ibid.

123 ‘all the lords of …’, ibid., pp. 306-7

123 ‘we have concluded …’, ibid., p. 307

123 ‘most truculent race of …’, ibid., p. 315

124 ‘eradicated and expelled …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 205

125 And with great courage …, Babinger, p. 305

127 The Ottoman prince Mustafa …, Tursun Beg, p. 59

127 ‘bearing copious gifts …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, pp. 211-12

127 ‘was the most valiant …’, Stavrides, p. 173

127-128 ‘The violent winter season …’, ibid., p. 174

128 ‘The
beylerbeyi
of Rumeli …’, ibid., p. 175

128 ‘at present we are …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 213

128 ‘forty camels laden …’, ibid.

128 ‘Son of a whore …’, ibid., p. 215

128-129 Mahmut Pasha asked …, Tursun Beg, p. 60

129 ‘At this time …’, Stavrides, p. 177

129 ‘It is said that …’, ibid.

130 ‘he made the envy…’, Stavrides, p. 180

130 ‘The Turkish
Signor
…’, ibid., p. 339

130 ‘that the Christians attack …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 320

130 ‘And would that we …’, ibid.

130 ‘so that we may…’, ibid.

130 ‘ride against the Ottomans …’, Babinger, p. 321

131 ‘The king is of …’, Barbaro and Contarini, pp. 37ff

131 ‘His eldest son …’, ibid.

11. CONQUEST OF THE CRIMEA AND ALBANIA

134 The carpets which were spread …, Stavrides, p. 344

134 [Her funeral oration] lasted more …, Miller,
The Palace School of Muhammad the Conqueror
, p. 31

135 ‘My last request …’, Stavrides, p. 350

135 ‘The spy that …’, ibid., p. 182

135 ‘It is impossible …’, ibid., p. 181

135 ‘From the time …’, Kritoboulos, p. 89

137 ‘that the world …’, Babinger, p. 338

138 ‘that the Turks had …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, pp. 224-5

140 ‘and put Süleyman Pasha’s …’, ibid., p. 231

140 ‘We put Count Stephen to flight …’, ibid.

140 ‘The Prince [Stephen] fled …’, Tursun Beg, p. 62

141 ‘disregarding the fact …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 232

141 ‘Out of consideration …’, Tursun Beg, p. 62

142 There was great fear…, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 235

142 ‘The enemy is at …’, Babinger, p. 358

144 ‘the Doge and the …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 279

145 ‘By the God of Heaven …’, Babinger, pp. 369-70

145 Thus after sixteen years …, Brown, p. 318

12. THE SIEGE OF RHODES

147 ‘of the arrest of …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 337

147-148 By letters of Bernardo …, ibid.

148 ‘with some of our…’, ibid., p. 341

149 He [Gedik Ahmet Pasha] …, ibid.

149 ‘He also laid waste …’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 243

151 ‘of fine person …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 74

151 ‘a good painter’, Babinger, p. 378

152 ‘
Maometto Secondo i suo
…’, ibid., p. 379

153 ‘
les plaisairs du monde
’, ibid., p. 377

153 ‘
grande gourmandise
’, ibid.

153 ‘Lest people notice …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 30

154 ‘there was nothing …’, ibid., p. 73

156 ‘The city is well provided …’, Brockman, p. 65

156 ‘The sea was covered …’, ibid., p. 66

156 ‘three great bronze …’, ibid., p. 67

156-157 ‘the ground trembled …’, ibid., pp. 67-8

157 We resist with all our power…, ibid., p. 71

158 ‘for three whole days …’, ibid., p. 79

158-159 Neither did the Grand …, ibid., p. 75

159 ‘My place is …’, ibid., p. 78

159 ‘The city will be devastated …’, ibid., p. 81

159 ‘Take your armies home …’, ibid., p. 81

161 ‘There were corpses …’, ibid., pp. 88-9

161 ‘many of our Knights …’, ibid., p. 89

161 ‘including the Bailiff …’, ibid.

162 ‘not sounding instruments…’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 249

162 ‘for praise of God …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 31

13. THE CAPTURE OF OTRANTO

163 ‘for it is of course …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 361

164 We think of nothing else …, ibid., p. 343

165 ‘fire, flame, ruin …’, Babinger, p. 391

165 This morning four horsemen …, Setton, vol. II, p. 343

165 ‘the number of ships …’, ibid., pp. 343-4

165 ‘who says that …’, ibid., p. 344

166 ‘by a great miracle …’, Schwoebel, p. 144

166 ‘Venetian merchants had suffered …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 340

167 In Rome the alarm …, Pastor, vol. IV, p. 334

168 Sixtus IV would have …, ibid., p. 335

168 ‘How perilous it has become …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 364

168 ‘if the faithful, and …’, ibid.

168 ‘for we confess …’, ibid., p. 366

168 ‘seventeen successive years …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 365

169 ‘preferred being associated …’, Schwoebel, p. 134

169 ‘owing to the great perils …’, ibid., p. 139

169 ‘because we are prepared …’, Setton, vol. II, p. 367

169 ‘We do not believe …’, ibid.

169 ‘he would add another…’, ibid., p. 370

170 ‘all the Spains’, ibid.

170 ‘and the king of England …’, ibid.

170 ‘that the Venetians are …’, ibid.

170 ‘of which mention is …’, ibid.

170 ‘and in making the …’, ibid.

170 ‘as good a friend …’, ibid.

170 ‘western Europe go the way…’, ibid., p. 371

170 ‘before the Eternal City…’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 35

14. DEATH OF THE CONQUEROR

172 ‘the twenty-second hour’, Imber,
The Ottoman Empire
,
1300-1481
, p. 252

172 ‘Besides the gracious gift …’, ibid.

172 ‘the wind whistling …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 39

173 ‘Long live Beyazit!’, ibid., p. 41

176 ‘There are no ties …’, Babinger, p. 405

177 ‘Victory or Death!’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 48

177 ‘The Karaman crows …’, ibid.

180 ‘
La Grande Aquila è morta!
’, Babinger, p. 408

180 ‘It is fortunate for Christendom …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 37

180 ‘this second Lucifer…’, ibid.

180-181 If a pen could describe …, Setton, vol. II, pp. 362-3

181 For about the time …, ibid., p. 363

181-182 ‘showing us a light …’, ibid., p. 371

182 ‘We have our fleet ready…’, ibid.

182 ‘with the Turkish tyrant’s death …’, ibid.

182 ‘gave him his legate’s …’, Pastor, vol. IV, p. 343

182 ‘weapons were brandished …’, ibid.

183 ‘which we have been waiting for…’, Setton, vol. II, p. 373

183 ‘This is the time of deliverance …’, ibid.

183 ‘lest we prove unequal …’, ibid.

184 ‘would, like Eugenius IV…’, Pastor, vol. IV, p. 347

184 ‘the present terror of the world’, Knolles, vol. I, p. 1

184-185 The death of this mighty man …’, ibid., p. 483

15. THE SONS OF THE CONQUEROR

188 ‘the good and sincere …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 67

188 ‘glorious victory’, ibid.

188 ‘rid the world of …’, ibid., p. 83

189 ‘He was a gift …’, ibid., p. 85

190 ‘won the key of …’, ibid., p. 127

191 ‘
contra Turcum
’, ibid., p. 185

191 ‘who was most valuable …’, ibid., p. 188

192 ‘in having next to …’, ibid., p. 218

192 ‘when some of his …’, ibid., p. 222

193 ‘Italy and the Christian …’, ibid., p. 230

194 ‘did not want them in Italy’, Setton, vol. II, p. 454

195 ‘The French King will …’, ibid., p. 247

197 ‘Monseigneur, the King of …’, ibid., p. 263

197 ‘I am only an unhappy…’, ibid., p. 263

197 ‘the Italians were a pack …’, ibid., p. 269

197 ‘the first town and …’, ibid., p. 270

197 ‘Truly we belong to …’, ibid., p. 273

16. THE TIDE OF CONQUEST TURNS

199 ‘because the Turk …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 294

200 ‘Signor Turco’, ibid., p. 295

200 ‘had never tried …’, ibid.

200 ‘and we have written …’, ibid.

200 ‘which they all knew…’, ibid.

200 ‘as was given in …’, ibid.

200 ‘decided to have the sea …’, ibid., pp. 295-6

202 ‘Selim the Grim died …’, ibid., p. 304

202-203 ‘When he heard …’, ibid.

203 ‘He is said to be …’, Freely,
Istanbul, the Imperial City
, p. 194

203 ‘This news is lamentable …’, Freely,
Jem Sultan
, p. 305

204 ‘to be master…’, ibid., p. 306

206 ‘Sick Man of Europe’, Freely,
Istanbul, the Imperial City
, p. 257

17. THE CONQUEROR’S CITY

215 ‘He further ordered …’, Kritoboulos, p. 93