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Travels in Albania and Other Provinces of Turkey in 1809 & 1810 (Volume 2) by Baron John Cam Hobhouse Broughton (Paperback / softback, 2012)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858. Excerpt: ... The Janissaries, since the fall of Bairactar, have made effort to disturb the government; but having borne down all opposition, and t being agitated by any rival power, they cant be said to have evinced a subordination either meritorious or unexpected. The election of Yussuf-Pasha, a kwn enemy of their order, to the Yizierat, was thought an evidence that they had submitted to Mahmoud: yet the general popularity and peculiar situation of this Sultan, who in 1810 was still the last of the Ottoman princes, may well account for their acquiescence in a measure which bespoke actual hostility, and could t be decidedly injurious to their interests: in fact, Yussuf has since been dismissed. It is reported that the bowstring thinned their ranks, but open invations were attempted, during the period of his authority. Of the late military institutions t a vestige remains to excite their apprehensions; for although the Topges retain a portion of that discipline which they learnt from De Tott, they have dropped the new regulations; and their services in the last revolution having produced the union of the two corps, every jealousy has been mutually laid aside. The schools of the arsenal and the barracks of the bombardiers are less deserted than the exercising-grounds of Scutari and Levend Tcliiftlik; r can the pious alarms of the Ulema be w raised by the unhallowed encouragement of Christian refinements. The presses of Ters-Hane are without employ; the French language has ceased to be taught in the Seraglio; and the palace of Beshik-Tash is longer enlivened by the ballets and operas which amused the leisure of the unfortunate Selim. I have in my own mind long fixed upon this point for bringing the labours of the writer and the reader to a ...

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General Books
ISBN-10
1154115380
ISBN-13
9781154115383
eBay Product ID (ePID)
185343211

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Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Author
Baron John CAM Hobhouse Broughton

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246mm
Width
189mm
Weight
340g

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10mm
Out-Of-Print Date
10/11/2016
Date of Publication
01/01/2012
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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