The present state of the Ottoman Empire : containing the maxims of the Turkish politie, the most material points of the Mahometan religion, their sects and heresies, their convents and religious votaries : their military discipline, with an exact computation of their forces both by land and sea : iIllustrated with divers pieces of sculpture, representing the variety of habits amongst the Turks : in three books (1668)
Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700, Starkey, John, 17th century, publisher, Brome, Henry, publisher · London : Pinted for John Starkey and Henry Brome, at the Mitre between the Middle-Temple-Gate and Temple-Bar in Fleet-Street, and the Star in Little-Britain · leaf 58
The Maxims of the T urkiCh Tolitie. … ANd fince I have brought my Reader into the quarters of thefe Eu- nuchs, which are the Black guard of the fequeftred Ladies of the Seraglio , he may chance to take it unkindly , fhould I leave him at the door 5 and not 1 introduce him into thofe apartments , where the Grand Signiors Miftreffes are…
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