An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea: With a Journal of Travels from London Through Russia Into Persia; and Back Through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are Added, the Revolutions of Persia During the Present Century, with the Particular History of the Great Usurper Nadir Kouli ...Mr. Dodsley, 1753 - Europe |
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ACHMED BASHA AFGHANS againſt alfo alſo anſwer ASHREFF ASTRABAD BAGDAT BALOUCHE BASHA caufed cauſe circumftances command conduct confequence confiderable CONSTANTINOPLE court defign defire DEHLIE DIARBEKIR embaffador empire enemy eſtabliſhed faid fame favour fecurity feemed fend fent fervice feveral fide fince firſt fituation foldiers fome foon forces fovereign fubjects fuccefs fuch fupport governor grand fignior grand vizir greateſt HAMADAN HERAT himſelf honour houſes ibid IBRAHIM INDIAN inhabitants intereft ISFAHAN Janiffaries KANDAHAR KARNAL KHORASAN KHUDAYAR KHAN king laſt lefs LESGEES MAHOMMED maſter meaſures MESCHED minifters moft MOGHOL moſt muſt MYRZA NADIR SHAH neceffary NIZAM AL MULUCK occafion officers OTTOMAN paffed perfon PERSIAN army poffeffion prefent prince province purpoſe reaſon reprefented reſpective ſeemed ſent SERASKIER ſeveral ſhall SHIRVAN ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch TÆHMAS KOULI KHAN TAHMAS TARTARS thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand TOPAL OSMAN treaſure troops TURKISH TURKS uſe victory whilft whoſe
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Page 101 - Spanish captain to pay him particular regard : but his wounds were still in a bad way when he was carried to Malta, where the privateer went to refit.
Page 102 - He put him on board a vessel of his own, and provided him a surgeon, with every thing necessary for his entertainment and cure. Osman had mentioned to his benefactor, that he might write to Constantinople for the money he had advanced; but finding himself in the hands of a man who had trusted so much to his honour, he was emboldened to ask another favour; which was, to leave the payment of the ransom entirely to him. Arnaud discerned, that in such a case things were not to be done by halves. He agreed...
Page 106 - He also made them large presents in money, and gave them an order for taking a loading of corn at Salonica, which was likely to be very profitable, as the exportation of corn from that part had been for a long time prohibited. As his gratitude was without bounds, his liberality was the same.
Page 103 - ... tails. The next year he ferved as lieutenant-general under the grand Vizir, at the fiege of Corfu, which the Turks were obliged to abandon.
Page 104 - CONSTANTINOPLE from MALTA, bringing with him variety of prefents, and twelve TURKS whom he had ranfomed from flavery. Thefe, by command of the vizir, were ranged in order before him. VINCENT ARNAUD, now feventy-two years of age, with his fon, were brought before TOPAL OSMAN, grand vizir of the OTTOMAN empire.
Page 104 - ... on a Christian. After these marks of distinction, he sent them away loaded with presents. In the great revolution that happened at Constantinople, anno 1730, the Grand Vizier Ibrahim perished. The times were so tumultuary, that one and the same year had seen no fewer than three successive Viziers. In September, 1731, Topal Osman was called from his government to fill this place, which being the highest in the Ottoman empire, and perhaps the highest that any subject in the world enjoys, is always...
Page 102 - I can only say, that if you incline to act a generous part, you shall have. no reason to repent." The commander, upon this, went to make his report to the Grand Master, Don Perellos.
Page 219 - No fooner did this venerable man enter the chamber of Ozibah, than he cried out, " Glory eternal to the King, whofe dominions are fafe from decay, and whofe kingdom is everlafting. The extent of the heavens, and the boundaries of the earth, are but minute parts of his creation; and infinite fpace but a fmall point of his productions. He has regulated the order of the univerfe, and the P 2 governgovernment of the fons of Adam, by the underHanding of kings who exercife juftice.
Page 102 - ... that he might write to Conftantinople for the money he had advanced ; but finding himfelf in the hands of a man who had trufted fo much to his honour he was emboldened to afk another favour ; which was to leave the payment of the ranfom entirely to him.
Page 102 - Each of us act in this," replied the TURK, " with confiftency. 1 am <c in chains, and therefore try every method to recover my liberty; and <e you may act right in not trufting to the word of a ftranger; I have " nothing at prefent but my word and honour to give you, nor do I " pretend to affign any reafon why you fhould truft to it ; however, I " tell you once more, if you do truft to it, you mall have no occafion to