The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire: From Its Foundation in 1300, to the Peace of Belgrade in 1740, Հատոր 1R. Thorn, 1787 A translation of a work by a French abbot. Mignot had access to the French king's foreign affairs documents and included an account owned by Voltaire of Charles XII's reception in Turkey. Mignot, not fluent in any Turkic language, relied upon translations as well as the French sources. |
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... enemy : the battle was long and bloody ; the Turks at last forced the Greeks to flee and fhelter themselves in their town , which they defended courageously a long time ; but wanting provifions , and their fortifications being moreover ...
... enemy : the battle was long and bloody ; the Turks at last forced the Greeks to flee and fhelter themselves in their town , which they defended courageously a long time ; but wanting provifions , and their fortifications being moreover ...
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... enemy , to engage him to remain neuter in the quarrel . Solyman promised it , and repaffed the fea without rendering , either to Pa- leologus or Cantacuzenus , the places which he had taken in the Greek empire . A fhort time after , an ...
... enemy , to engage him to remain neuter in the quarrel . Solyman promised it , and repaffed the fea without rendering , either to Pa- leologus or Cantacuzenus , the places which he had taken in the Greek empire . A fhort time after , an ...
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... enemy , as to spare his troops , and even his country , on condition of his giving his daughter in marriage to the van- quifher . Amurath certainly had never seen this princess , for in that age , the Greek women were nearly as much ...
... enemy , as to spare his troops , and even his country , on condition of his giving his daughter in marriage to the van- quifher . Amurath certainly had never seen this princess , for in that age , the Greek women were nearly as much ...
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... enemy , ( for the Turks call their prisoners of war by no other name , ) fhould belong to the fultan , and that these foreigners , having embraced Iflamifm , * fhould form a new corps , which Amurath fixed at ten thousand men , but it ...
... enemy , ( for the Turks call their prisoners of war by no other name , ) fhould belong to the fultan , and that these foreigners , having embraced Iflamifm , * fhould form a new corps , which Amurath fixed at ten thousand men , but it ...
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... enemy , and their courage the " cause of their conftant profperity . " Since this period , they have always retained the name of janiffaries , which fignifies new foldiers , and their cap has retained the form of a fleeve . This fol ...
... enemy , and their courage the " cause of their conftant profperity . " Since this period , they have always retained the name of janiffaries , which fignifies new foldiers , and their cap has retained the form of a fleeve . This fol ...
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The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire,: From Its Foundation ..., Հատոր 1 Vincent Mignot Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1787 |
The History of the Turkish, Or Ottoman Empire: From Its Foundation ..., Հատոր 1 Vincent Mignot Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1787 |
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