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index
Major references, in cases where many are listed, are given in bold. Numbers in italics
are picture references.
A
Abdülaziz, sultan 23, 72, 215, 251;
(burial place of) 117
Abdülhamit I, sultan 23, 118; (burial
place of) 43
Abdülhamit II, sultan 23, 251, 252,
278; (burial place of) 117
Abdülmecit I, sultan 71, 93, 161, 164,
247; (burial place of) 162
Abdülmecit II, last caliph 24
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari 12, 219; (türbe of)
220, 221
Adile Sultan, palace of 273
Adrianople (see Edirne)
Aetius, cistern of 203
Ağa Camii 242
Ağa Hamamı 189
Aghiasma (see Blachernae, Zoödochos Pigi)
Ahi Çelebi Camii 133
Ahır Kapı 109
Ahmediye, külliye of 266
Ahmet I, sultan 82, 88, 104; (burial
place of) 107
Ahmet III, sultan 83, 120, 146, 216,
216, 248; (burial place of) 42
Ahmet Karahisarı, calligrapher 135, 208
Ahmet Paşa Mescidi 169
Ahrida Synagogue 214
Aivazovsky, Ivan, artist 273
Akathist Hymn 217
Akıntıburnu 256
Akoimatoi, monastic order 190, 275
Aksaray 22, 141
Alay Köşkü 52
Alcibiades 264
Alexander, emperor 67
Alexander the Great 7; (sculptures of) 96
Alexander Sarcophagus 94, 95
Alexius I, emperor 13, 282
Alexius II, emperor 14
Alexius III, emperor 14
Alexius IV, emperor 15
Alexius V, emperor 15
Ali Pasha of Çorlu, külliye of 119–20
Ali Sufi, calligrapher 157, 158
Altımermer district 186
Amalfitans, territory of 13, 38
Amcazade Hüseyin Pasha, külliye of
149–50; (yalı of) 274
Amycus, mythical king 276
Anadolu Feneri 276
Anadolu Hisarı 17, 274
Anadolu Kavağı 276
Anastasius I, emperor 217
Andrew, St 210
Andronicus I, emperor 14
Andronicus II, emperor 160
Andronicus III, emperor 171
Anemas Tower 218
Angelus, Alexius III 14
Angelus, Isaac II 14, 15; (tower of) 217
Anna Dalassena 154, 282
Anthemius of Tralles, architect 54
Antiochus and Lausus, palaces of 116–
17
Antony of Novgorod 62
Aqueduct of Valens 147–48
Arabs, siege of Constantinople 12, 194
Arap Cami 226
Arasta Bazaar 108
INDEX
Arcadius 8; (column of) 184
Archaeological Museum 93ff
Argonauts, myth of 259, 263, 276
Armenian, Armenians 25, 189, 192,
193, 241–42, 258, 278; (Cemetery)
268; (Patriarchate) 192
Arnavutköy 255
Arsenal (see Tersane)
Ashkenazi Synagogue 228
Astronomer, office of 42
At Meydanı (see Hippodrome)
Atatürk 24, 42, 146, 237, 248;
(Cultural Centre) 242; (Museum) 243;
(statue of) 103
Atik Ali Pasha 171; (mosque of) 119
Atik Mustafa Paşa Camii 216
Atik Sinan, architect 130, 155, 212;
(grave of) 159–60
Atik Valide Camii 266–67
Atıf Efendi, library of 147
Attila the Hun 9, 194
Augustaion, site of 44
Avars 12, 194, 217
Avrupa Pasajı 241
Aya Kapı 165
Ayazma Camii 265
Aynalı Pasaj 241
Aynalıkavak Kasrı 215–16, 216
Aynalıkavak, Treaty of 216
Ayvansaray 216–18
Ayyub (see Abu Ayyub)
Aznavur, Hovsep, architect 164, 212
B
Baldwin, Count of Flanders 15
Balkan Wars 23
Bab-ı Hümayün, gate at Topkapı 72,
158
Bab-üs Saadet, gate at Topkapı 72,
76–77
Bab-üs Selam, gate at Topkapı 74
Bahriye Nezareti 206
319
Balat 213–14
Baldwin, Count of Flanders 15
Balıklı Kilisesi 197–98
Balkapanı Han 132
Baltalimanı 258
Balyan family of architects 34, 161, 193;
(burial place of) 268
Balyan, Karabet 34, 247
Balyan, Kirkor 34, 234
Balyan, Nikoğos 34, 246, 247, 249,
252, 255, 274, 275
Balyan, Sarkis 34, 83, 247, 258, 272,
267
Bank, Ottoman 227
Barbarossa, pirate and admiral 152,
250, 250; (burial place of) 250;
(ensign of) 250; (statue of) 249
Barry, Sir Charles, architect 238
Bartlett, W.H., artist 151
Basil I, emperor 44, 63, 196
Basil II, emperor 12, 196
Basilica cistern 46
Bayram Pasha, külliye of 185
Bebek 256
Belgrad Forest 260
Belgrade 197, 260
Belgrat Kapı 197
Belisarius, general 9, 48
Bellini, Gentile, artist 158
Bereketzade fountain 229
Berger-Boronai, Aliye, artist 236
Beşiktas 249–50
Beşir Ağa Camii 52
Beyazıt I, sultan 17, 274
Beyazıt II 19, 123, 213, 224, 241;
(burial place of) 122
Beyazıt Camii 29, 120–21; (külliye of)
122–24
Beyazıt Tower 124
Beykoz 275
Beykoz ware 76; (see also Paşabahçe
glass)
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Beylerbeyi Camii 273
Beylerbeyi Palace 35, 272
Beyoğlu 235ff
Bezmialem, Valide Sultan 246
Binbirdirek Cistern 117
Bird houses 243, 243
Blachernae 216–18
Black Sea 7, 25, 36, 244, 263, 276
Blue Mosque 104–06, 105; (külliye of)
106
B’nai Mikra Synagogue 215
Bodrum Camii 140
Boğaziçi University 256
Boğdan Saray 182
Boğos Bey Maksadar, architect 271
Boniface of Monferrat 14
Bonneval, Count (see Kumbaracı)
Bosphorus 244ff
Bosphorus Bridge 254, 255
Botter House 236
Bourgeois, Marie-Auguste Antoine,
architect 124
Boyacıköy 258
Boza 146
British Embassy 238
Bucoleon, Palace of 109–10
Bulgars 12, 194
Bulwer, Sir Henry 279
Burgazada 279–80
Burmalı Cami 147
Bursa 17
Bursa style mosques 29, 128, 129, 183
Busbecq, Augier Ghislain de 239
Büyük Çamlıca, hill 268
Büyük Londra Hotel 237, 290–91
Büyük Mecidiye Camii 255
Büyük Selimiye Camii 269
Büyük Taş Hanı 141
Büyük Valide Han 127
Büyük Yeni Han 127–28
Büyükada 190, 282–84
Büyükdere 260
INDEX
Byzantine churches
Andrew of Crete 188
Constantine Lips 27, 160
Haghia Eirene 26, 89–92
Haghia Sophia 9, 15, 16, 19, 26, 27,
28, 29, 54ff
Holy Apostles 92, 93, 155
John the Baptist of Studius 26, 190–91
John the Baptist in Trullo 169
Kyriotissa 141–42
Mary of the Mongols 211
Myrelaion 140
Pammakaristos 28, 166, 168
Panachrontos 160
Pantepoptes 154
Pantocrator 152–54
Peter and Mark 216
Peter and Paul 114
Polyeuctus 148, 149
Saviour in Chora 28, 170ff, 179
Sergius and Bacchus 26, 114–15
Theodore 147
Theodosia 165
Theotokos in Chalkoprateia 53
Byzantium, city of 7
Byzantium, Palace of 44, 108, 109–10
Byzas, founder of Byzantium 7, 223,
224
C
Cafer Baba 33
Caferağa Medrese 53
Cağaloğlu Hamam 50–51
Cage (see Kafes)
Caliphate 24
Calligraphic Art, Museum of 123
Camondo family 228, 259
Camondo Stairs 225, 227
Canonica, Pietro, sculptor 242
Cantacuzenus, John 17
Cantemir, Dimitrie 217
Çardaklı hamam 114
Caricature Museum 149
Carlowitz, Peace of 274
Carpets 35
Çarşamba district 166
Casanova, Giacomo 239
Cavafy, Constantine 259
Çavuş Hamam 214
Cedid Mehmed Efendi Medrese 45
Cedrenus, chronicler 277
Çelebi, Evliya 64, 127, 143, 150, 155,
159, 199, 219, 222, 229, 273, 274;
(birthplace of) 133; (dream of) 133,
206
Çemberlitaş 118
Çemberlitaş Hamam 119
Cemeteries
Armenian 268
Crimean War 270
Edirne Kapı 202
Eyüp 222, 223
Hasköy 215, 228
Karaca Ahmet 268
Rumeli Hisarı 258
Çengelköy 272
Cerrah Paşa Camii 183, 184
Cervantes, Miguel de 232
Cevri, servant girl 88
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha 206, 207
Chain across Golden Horn 18, 99, 231,
243, 247, 250
Chalcedon, Megarian colony 7, 271
Chalke 12, 44, 173
Chalkoprateia, basilica of 53
Chénier, André, poet 229
Christie, Agatha 237
Chronograms 32–33
Chrysopolis, Athenian colony 7, 8, 264
Cibali district 164
Çiçek Pasajı 241
Cihangir Camii 234
Çinili Cami 267
Çinili Hamam 152
321
Çinili Köşk 100, 100
Cisterns
of Aetius 203
of Aspar 164
Basilica (Yerebatan) 46
Binbirdirek (Philoxenus) 117
of St Mocius 187
Sarnıç restaurant 70, 296
of Theodosius 117
Cırağan Palace 249, 251
Claudius II, emperor 103
Column of Arcadius 184
Column of Constantine 118
Column of Marcian 150, 151
Commodity Exchange 43
Comnenus dynasty 13–14, 217
Comnenus, Alexius I 13
Comnenus, Alexius II 14
Comnenus, Andronicus 14
Comnenus, Isaac 170, 173
Comnenus, John II 13–14, 66, 153
Comnenus, Manuel I 14, 118, 153, 266
Con Pasha 283
Constantine the Great 8, 48, 49, 92,
103; (burial place of) 155; (bust of)
97; (column of) 118; (Forum of) 46,
118; (mosaic portrait of) 67; (walls of)
8, 110
Constantine V, emperor 196
Constantine IX, emperor 65
Constantine XI, emperor 17–19, 56,
165, 202, 204, 205
Constantine Lips, church of 27, 160
Constantine Porphyrogenitus, column of
49–50
Constantius, emperor 54, 90
Council of Chalcedon 271
Council of Constantinople 8
Council of Ferrara-Florence 17, 153
Crimean Memorial Church 236
Crimean War 269, 273
Crimean War Cemetery 270
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Çubuklu 275
Cuno, Helmut, architect 270
D
d’Aronco, Raimondo, architect 34, 252,
256, 260
Dalassena, Anna 154, 282
Dalgıç Ahmet Çavuş, architect 38, 68,
145
Dallam, Thomas 88
Damat Șehit Ali Pasha, library of 146
Dandolo, Enrico 14, 15; (sarcophagus
of) 65
Darius, king of Persia 7, 244, 257
Davut Ağa, architect 38, 68, 119, 160,
183
Davut Paşa Camii 186
de Amicis, Edmondo 89, 193
Dede Efendi 146
Derviş Mehmet 104
Dervish hospice, Fatih Camii 159
Dervish lodges, general 31
Galata 230
Merkez Efendi 199
Yenikapı 199
Yıldız Dede 43
Divan (Imperial Council) 74, 75, 116
Divan Yolu 116
Dogs, stray 279
Dolmabahçe 35, 71, 245–48, 246
Draman Camii 182
Ducaina, Anna 166,
Ducaina, Maria the Elder 170
Ducaina, Maria the Younger 167
Ducas, Alexius V 15
Ducas, John III 15
Duckworth, Admiral Sir John 278
Dülgerzade Camii 150
Dutch Chapel 238
E
Ecumenical Patriarchate 209, 210
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Edirne 17, 19
Edirne Kapı 19, 147, 202
Eğri Kapı 204
Egyptian Market (see Spice Bazaar)
Egyptian obelisk 47, 48–49
Eirene, empress 282
Eirene, wife of Alexius I 282
Eirene, wife of John II 65, 66, 152; (sarcophagus of) 59
Ekmekçizade Ahmet Pasha, medrese of
146
Embassies of Pera, general 238–39
Embolos of the Holy Well 44
Emirgan 258
Enderunlu Fazıl, poet 216
Enver Pasha 23
Eski Imaret Camii 154
Eski Saray 20, 71, 107, 124
Esma Sultan Yalısı 255
Esma Sultan, namazgah of 114
Etz Ahayim, Synagogue 255
Eudoxia, empress 54
Eugénie, empress of France 272
Euphemia of Chalcedon, St 117, 210
Eyüp 218–23
F
Fatih (see Mehmet II)
Fatih Bridge 258
Fatih Camii 155ff
Fatih Park 148, 149
Fazıl Ahmet Pasha 118
Fenari İsa Camii 27, 160
Fener 208–13
Ferruh Kethüda, mosque of 213
Feshane 218
Fethi Ahmet Pasha 93; (yalı of) 272
Fethiye Camii 28, 166–68, 168
Fikret, Tevfik 257
Fire Brigade Museum 148
First Hill 44ff
Firuz Ağa Camii 116
Fındıklı 234
Florence Nightingale Museum 269
Forum Amastrianum 147
Forum of Arcadius 184
Forum Bovis 141
Forum of Constantine 46, 118
Forum of Theodosius 124, 124
Forum Tauri 124
Fossati, Gaspare, architect 34, 56, 63,
68, 229
Fossati, Giuseppe, architect 56, 63, 68,
229, 238
Fourth Crusade 14–15
Fountains, general 32–33 (see also
Sebils)
of Ahmet III 70
Bereketzade 229
German 47
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha 235
İshak Ağa 276
of Mihrişah 274
Tophane 233, 234
Four Seasons Hotel 109
France, French 228, 231, 239
Franz Joseph, emperor of Austria 259,
272
French Consulate (old plague hospital)
242
G
Galata 13, 14, 224ff
Galata Bridge 36, 39
Galata Tower 229
Galatasaray Hamam 242
Galatasaray Lycée 241
Galatasaray Meydanı 241
Galip Dede 231
Garipçe 263
Garnier, Jean-Paul, clockmaker 247
Gastria, monastery of 188
Gate of Felicity, Topkapı 76–77
Gate of Salutation, Topkapı 74
323
Gazanfer Ağa, medrese of 149
Gedikpaşa Hamam 120
Gennadius, patriarch 153, 167, 168,
169, 210
Genoa, Genoese 13, 18, 38, 153, 224,
226, 228–29, 262
Genoese walls 227
Gerlach, Stefan 164
German Fountain 47
Gérôme, Jean-Léon, artist 248
Gevher Sultan, medrese of 184
Giustiniani, Genoese commander 18
Gökalp, Ziya 117
Gökçen, Sabiha 25
Göksü stream 274
Golden Gate 196
Golden Horn 206ff
Golden Horn, chain that closed (see
Chain)
Goodwin, Jason 205
Goth’s Column 103
Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) 125–27
Grande Rue de Péra (see İstiklal Caddesi)
Great Palace (see Palaces)
Greek Fire 12, 205
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate (see
Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Greek Orthodox Seminary 281
Greeks in Istanbul 24, 25, 164, 189,
209, 277
Gregory of Nazianzus, St, relics of 210
Gregory the Miracle-Worker, column of
62
Gregory V, patriarch 164, 209
Gül Camii 165
Gülbahar, consort of Mehmet II, türbe
of 157
Gülbahar, consort of Süleyman the
Magnificent 135
Güler, Ara 297
Gülersoy, Çelik 25, 45, 70, 251
Gülhane Park 102–03
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Gülüstü, Valide Sultan, burial place of
159
Gyllius, Petrus 46, 49, 114, 147, 244,
259, 262, 263, 276
H
Hacı Ahmet Pasha, türbe of 266
Hacı Bekir confectioner’s 43
Hacı Hüsrev Camii 218
Hacı Kemaleddin Camii 258
Hacı Mehmet Emin Ağa, külliye of 247
Hadım İbrahim Pasha, mosque of 197
Haghia Eirene 26, 89–92, 90
Haghia Paraskevi, Büyükdere 261
Haghia Paraskevi, Tarabya 260
Haghia Sophia 9, 15, 16, 19, 26, 27,
28, 29, 54ff, 55
Haghia Triada 242
Haghios Christos 280
Haghios Dimitrios Kanabu 214
Haghios Georgios, Fener 209
Haghios Georgios Metochi 211
Haghios Georgios, Edirnekapı 203
Haghios Nikolaos, 164
Haghios Phocas, 255
Halide Edib 256
Halki Seminary 281
Hamams, general 31–32, 51
Ağa Hamam 189
Atik Valide 267
Beyazıt 123–24
Çağaloğlu 50–51
Çardaklı 114
Çavuş 214
Çemberlitaş 119
Çinili 152
Eyüp 222
Galatasaray 242
Gedikpaşa 120
İshakpaşa 109
Kılıç Ali Pasha 233
Küçük Mustafa Pasha 165
index
Hamams contd
Mahmut Pasha 130
Mimar Sinan 264
of Roxelana 44
Ortaköy 255
Süleymaniye 137
Tahtakale 131
Hamidiye Camii 252
Hamlin, Cyrus 256
Handicrafts centre 45
Hans, general 31, 127
Balkapanı Han 132
Büyük Taş 141
Büyük Valide 127
Büyük Yeni 127–28
Hurmalı 132
Küçük Yeni 128
Kürkçü 130
Narmanlı 236
St Pierre 228
Vezir 119
Zindan 133
Harem, Topkapı 83ff
Hasan Çelebi, calligrapher 135
Hasan, janissary 200
Haseki Hürrem (see Roxelana)
Haseki Hürrem, külliye of 185
Hasköy 214–16
Haydarpaşa Station 270, 270
Hayrettin Pasha (see Barbarossa)
Hazrat Hafir, tomb of 205
Hazzopulo passage 241
Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Camii 186
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha, fountain of 235
Helena, St 188
Helvacı Camii 111
Heraclius, emperor 12, 196
Hereke carpets 35
Herodotus 244
Heybeliada 280–82
Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi 229
Hidiv Kasrı 275
Hills, of Constantinople, general 36–37
First Hill 44ff
Second Hill 125
Third Hill 140
Fourth Hill 152
Fifth Hill 162ff
Sixth Hill 202
Seventh Hill 183ff
Hippodrome 8, 47–50, 47, 105;
(factions of) 9, 48
Hırka-i Şerif Camii 161
Hodegetria, icon of 171, 190; (of the
Patriarchate) 210; (Panaghia Kafatiani)
232
Holy Apostles, church of 92, 93, 155
Honorius, emperor 8
Horoz Dede 133
Hospice of Samson 92
Houghton, Lord 268
Hungary, Hungarians 111, 125, 135,
161, 183, 199
Hünkar İskelesi 276
Hurmalı Han 132
Hürmüzyan, Kirkor, architect 261
Hürrem (see Haseki, Roxelana)
Hüseyin Ağa, black eunuch 114
Hüsrev Pasha, türbe of 161
I
İbrahim, sultan 82; (burial place of) 68
İbrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier of Beyazıt
II, mosque of 127
İbrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier of
Süleyman the Magnificent 110–11,
135
İbrahim Pasha (Nevşehirli), Grand Vizier
of Ahmet III 146
İbrahim Pasha, son-in-law of Murat III,
türbe of 145
Iconoclasm, Iconoclastic Period 12, 59,
63, 90, 190, 217
Ignatius the Younger, patriarch and saint
325
63, 284
Ihlamur Kasrı 248–49
Imperial Gate, Topkapı 72, 158
İmrahor Camii 190
Independence Monument 242
Innocent II, pope 14
Io, myth of 223, 244
Isaac II Angelus 14, 15; (tower of) 217
İshak Ağa fountain 276
İshakpaşa Camii 109
Isidorus of Miletus, architect 54
Isidorus the Younger, architect 54
Istanbul Handicrafts Centre 45
İstiklal Caddesi 241, 236–42, 240
İstinye 259
Italian Synagogue 228
İvaz Efendi Camii 217
Iznik tiles 34–35, 69, 132, 187
J
Jachmund, August, architect 50
Janissaries 18, 19, 22, 22, 116, 146,
269
Janissary music 243
Jason, myth 276, 259, 260, 263
Jewish Museum 227, 228
Jews in Istanbul 19, 25, 38, 43, 123,
213, 214, 215, 224, 228
John Chrysostom, St 54, 63; (relics of)
210
John I Tzimiskes, emperor 196
John II, emperor 13, 65, 66, 153
John III, emperor 15
John IV, emperor 16
John V, emperor 17
John VIII, emperor 17, 153, 281
Joseph II, patriarch 17, 153
Julian the Apostate, emperor 113, 192
Julliard, Émile 249
Justin II, emperor 103, 113, 277
Justinian, emperor 9, 44, 46, 54, 90, 92,
114, 198, 224; (mosaic portrait of) 67
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K
Kadir Has University 164
Kadıköy 271
Kadırga Limanı 113
Kafes (Cage) 82, 87
Kalenderhane Camii 141–42
Kalyoncu Kışlası 206
Kandilli 273
Kanlıca 274
Kapalıçarşı 125–27
Kara Ahmet Paşa Camii 200
Kara Mustafa Pasha 118, 120
Karabeinikov, Tryphon (see Tryphon)
Karaca Ahmet Cemetery 268
Karadavut Paşa Camii 265
Karahisarı, calligrapher (see Ahmet
Karahisarı)
Karaite Jews 38, 43, 215
Karaköy (see Galata)
Kariye Müzesi 170ff, 179
Kaşık, island 280
Kasımpaşa 206–07, 247
Kayalar Mescidi 257
Keçili Limanı 276
Kefeli Camii 182
Kemal, Mustafa (see Atatürk)
Kemal, Yahya, poet 120
Kemalettin Bey, architect 43, 146, 256
Khedive of Egypt, residences of 256, 275
Kibrıslı Yalısı 274
Kilim Museum 107
Kilise Cami 147
Kireçburnu 260
Kılıç Ali Paşa 20, 232; (mosque of)
232–33
Kınalıada 277–78
Kırmızı Yalı 274
Kız Kulesi (see Maiden’s Tower)
Kız Taşı (see Column of Marcian)
Koç Museum 214–15
Koca Mustafa Paşa Camii 188
Koca Reşit Pasha 122
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Koca Sinan Pasha, külliye of 119
Kontoskalion Harbour 192
Köprülü family 118, 120, 149, 239
Köprülü külliye 117–18, 119
Köprülü Mehmet Pasha, türbe of 118
Kösem, Valide Sultan 21, 89, 107, 127,
267; (burial place of) 107
Kouppas, Pelopidas 171
Krippel, Heinrich, sculptor 103
Küçük Aya Sofya Camii 114–15
Küçük Mecidiye Camii 252
Küçük Mustafa Paşa Hamam 165
Küçük Yeni Han 128
Küçüksu 274, 275
Kuleli 273
Külliyes, general 30–31
Kumbaracı Ahmet Pasha (Count
Bonneval) 231
Kumkapı 192
Kumrulu Mescit 159
Kürkçü Han 130
Kuruçeşme 255
Kuzguncuk 272
Kyriotissa, church of 142
L
Laleli Camii 140–41
Lascaris, Theodore I 15
Latin sack and occupation of
Constantinople 14–15, 56
Lecapenus, Romanus I 140, 278
Leo I, emperor 164
Leo III, emperor 12
Leo VI, emperor 60, 67
Levni, miniaturist 80, 81, 215, 216
Lokum 43
Loti, Pierre 218, 223
Lucaris, Cyril, patriarch 281
Lycus River 160, 183, 200
M
Magnaura Palace 109
Mahmut I, sultan 51, 64; (burial place
of) 42; (fountain of) 233, 234
Mahmut II, sultan 22, 23, 43, 88, 165,
234, 247, 249, 269; (burial place of)
117; (tuğra) 74
Mahmut Paşa Camii 128–29
Mahmut Pasha Hamam 130
Maiden’s Column (see Column of
Marcian)
Maiden’s Tower 265
Makros Embolos, Byzantine street 131
Mansel, Philip 238, 244
Mantles of the Prophet 79, 161
Manuel I, emperor 14, 118, 153, 266
Manuel II, emperor 153
Manzikert, battle of 13
Marcian, column of 150, 151
Maritime Museum 250
Markets
Çarşamba 166
Grand Bazaar 125–27
Kadıköy 271
Kumkapı 192
around Rüstem Paşa Camii 132
Secondhand booksellers 125
Spice Bazaar 41–42
Marmara University 111
Marmara University, Üsküdar 269
Marmara, Sea of 244
Marmaray tunnel 103
Maslak Kasrı 259
Matrakçı Nasuh, miniaturist 80
Medreses
Atik Ali Paşa 119
Atik Valide 267
Bayezıt II 123
Cafer Ağa 53
Cedid Mehmed Efendi 45
Ekmekçizade Ahmet Pasha 146
Gazanfer Ağa 149
Gevher Sultan 184
Koca Sinan Pasha 119
327
Medreses contd
Nevşehirli İbrahim Pasha 146
of Fatih mosque complex 158
Haseki Hürrem 185
Süleymaniye 137–38
Rüstem Pasha 131
Şehzade 145
Selim I 161
Megali Scholi 212
Mehmet Ağa, architect (see Sedefhar
Mehmet, Mehmet Tahir)
Mehmet II, the Conqueror 20, 125,
128, 158, 158, 220, 262; (and
Armenians) 193; (burial place of) 157;
(builds Fatih Camii) 155; (and Greek
Patriarch) 153, 167, 210; (siege and
conquest) 18, 19, 42, 45, 56, 199,
201, 202, 215, 247, 257; (statue of)
149; (and Topkapı) 71, 72, 83, 100
Mehmet II, the Conqueror, mosque of
(see Fatih Camii)
Mehmet III, sultan 68, 70, 149, 183;
(burial place of) 68
Mehmet IV, sultan 107, 120; (burial
place of) 42
Mehmet V, sultan 23; (burial place of)
228
Mehmet VI, sultan 23, 24, 82, 239
Mehmet, son of Süleyman the
Magnificent 142
Mehmet Tahir Ağa, architect 52, 140,
155, 273
Mehter Band 243
Melling, Anton Ignaz 245, 253
Menderes, Adnan 279
Merkez Efendi Tekkesi 199
Mese, Byzantine street 116, 141
Mesih Pasha 140
Methodius, patriarch 279, 280
Metochion of Mt Sinai 212
Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre 211
Metochites, Theodore 171, 173, 178;
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(tomb of) 182
Mevlana Kapı 198
Mevlevi Tekke, Galata 230
Michael I, emperor 278
Michael I, patriarch 54
Michael II, emperor 282
Michael III, emperor 63, 190, 196
Michael VIII, emperor 16, 190, 192,
196
Mihrimah Sultan Camii 202
Mihrimah Sultan Camii, Üsküdar 264
Mihrimah, daughter of Süleyman the
Magnificent 131, 136, 264
Mihrişah, Valide Sultan 84, 265; (fountain of) 274; (külliye of) 222
Milion arch 116
Military Museum 243
Mimar Mehmet Ağa Mescidi 147
Miniatürk 218
Mısır Çarşısı (see Spice Bazaar)
Mocius, cistern of 187
Modern Art Museum 233
Mohács, battle of 161
Mohammed, Prophet, companions of
12, 205, 218, 219
Mohammed, Prophet, mantles of 79,
161
Molla Çelebi Camii 235
Mongeri, Giulio, architect 34, 241
Mongols, Melane, Lady of 173
Monnier, military engineer 262, 276
Mosaic museum 108–09, 108, 109
Mosques, design of 29–30
Ağa 242
Ahi Çelebi 133
Ahmediye 266
Ahmet Paşa 169
Arap Cami 226
Atik Ali Paşa 119
Atik Mustafa Pasha 216
Atik Valide 266–67
Ayazma 265
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Mosques contd
Bereketzade 230
Beşir Ağa 52
Beyazıt 29, 120–21
Beylerbeyi 273
Blue 104–06, 105
Bodrum 140
Burmalı 147
Büyük Mecidiye 255
Büyük Selimiye 269
Cerrah Pasha 183, 184
Cihangir 234
Çinili 267
Davut Pasha 186
Dolmabahçe 246
Draman 182
Dülgerzade 150
Eski İmaret 154
Eyüp 220
Fatih Camii 155ff
Fenari İsa 160
Ferruh Kethüda 213
Fethiye 166, 168
Firuz Ağa 116
Gül 165
Hacı Hüsrev 218
Hacı Kemaleddin 258
Hadım İbrahim Pasha 197
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha 186
Helvacı 111
Hırka-i Șerif 161
İbrahim Pasha 127
İmrahor 190
İshakpaşa 109
İvaz Efendi 217
Kalenderhane 141–42
Kara Ahmet Pasha 200
Kara Davut Pasha 265
Kara Mustafa Pasha 120
Kayalar 257
Kefeli 182
Kilise 147
Mosques contd
Kılıç Ali Pasha 232–33
Koca Mustafa Pasha 188
Küçük Aya Sofya 114–15
Küçük Mecidiye 252
Kumrulu 159
Laleli 140–41
Mahmut Paşa 128–29
Mihrimah Sultan 202
Mihrimah Sultan, Üsküdar 264
Mimar Mehmet Ağa 147
Molla Çelebi 235
Murat Pasha 183
Nişancı Mehmet Pasha 160
Nuruosmaniye 128
Nusretiye 234, 234
Osman Ağa 271
Pertevniyal 141
Piyale Pasha 29, 207
Ramazan Efendi 187–88, 187
Rum Mehmet Pasha 265
Rüstem Pasha 131–32, 132
Șehzade 29, 142–43
Selim I 29, 162, 163
Șemsi Pasha 265
Șepsefa Hatun 152
Sinan Pasha 250
Sokollu Mehmet Paşa 111–13, 112
Süleymaniye 29, 134ff
Sultanahmet 29 (see also Blue Mosque)
Takkeci İbrahim Ağa 199
Tavası Süleyman Ağa 193
Vefa 147
Yavaşca Șahin 131
Yavuz Ersinan 132–33
Yeni Cami 29, 38ff
Yeni Valide 265
Yeraltı 231
Zal Mahmut Pasha 218
Zeynep Sultan 52
Zeyrek 152–54
Mouzalon, George 16
329
Mualem Synagogue 215
Müneccim 42
Municipality Museum 252
Murat I, sultan 17
Murat II, sultan 17
Murat III, sultan 21, 68–69, 83, 88,
168; (burial place of) 68; (Privy
Chamber of) 87
Murat IV, sultan 77, 80, 82, 107, 229,
258, 281; (burial place of) 107
Murat Paşa Camii 183
Murat V, sultan 251; (burial place of) 42
Müridoğlu, Zühtü, sculptor 250
Museums
Ancient Orient 101–02
Archaeological 93ff
Atatürk 243
Bank 227
Calligraphic Art 123
Caricature 149
Çinili Köşk 100
Fire Brigade 148
Florence Nightingale 269
Jewish 227, 228
Kariye170ff, 179
Kilim 107
Koç 214–15
Maritime 250
Military 243
Modern Art 233
Mosaic 108–09, 108, 109
Municipality 252
Panorama 1453 199
Rug 107–08
Sadberk Hanım 261
Sait Faik 280
Science and Technology in Islam 103
Turkish and Islamic Arts 110–11
Mustafa Ağa, architect 38
Mustafa I, sultan, burial place of 68
Mustafa II, sultan, burial place of 42
Mustafa III, sultan, burial place of 141
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Mustafa IV, sultan, 22; (burial place of)
43
Mustafa İzzet, calligrapher 63, 161
Mustafa Sa’i, poet 139, 188
Mustafa, son of Süleyman the
Magnificent 135, 219, 234
Müteferrika, Ibrahim 123, 125
Myrelaion, church of 140
N
Nakkaş Osman, miniaturist 137
Nakşidil, Valide Sultan 159
Namazgah of Esma Sultan 114
Napoleon Bonaparte 260
Narlı Kapı 191
Narmanlı Han 236
Neve Shalom Synagogue 228
Nevşehirli İbrahim Pasha 146
Nicaea, empire of 15, 16
Nicene Creed 9
Nicephorus Gregoras, historian 103
Nicetas Choniates, chronicler 56, 66, 266
Nigari, miniaturist 80, 250
Nightingale, Florence 269, 273
Nika Revolt 9, 54, 48, 90, 92
Nişancı Mehmet Paşa Camii 160
Nointel, Marquis de, French
Ambassador 239
Nurbanu, Valide Sultan 21, 84, 119,
250, 267
Nuruosmaniye Camii 128
Nusretiye Camii 234, 234
O
Old Palace (see Eski Saray)
Ömer Ağa, architect 186
Orhan Gazi 17
Orient Express 50
Orphanage of St Paul 103
Orta Kapı, Topkapı 74
Ortaköy 253–55
Osman Ağa Camii 271
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Osman Gazi 16
Osman Hamdi Bey 93, 94, 95, 144
Osman II, sultan 107, 196; (burial place
of) 107
Osman III, sultan 128; (burial place of)
42
Ostrorog family 274
Ottoman Bank 227
Ottoman dynasty, rise of 16
Our Lady of Pera, church of 241
P
Palaces
of Antiochus and Lausus 116–17
Beylerbeyi 35, 272
of Blachernae 217–18
of Bucoleon 109–10; (lions from) 95
of Byzantium 9, 44–45, 108, 109–10
Dolmabahçe 35, 71, 247–48
Eski Saray 20, 71, 107, 124
of İbrahim Pasha 110–11
of the Porphyrogenitus 203
Tekfur Sarayı 203–04
Topkapı 71ff
Yıldız 251–52
Palace School, Topkapı 33, 78
Palaeologina, Maria 212
Palaeologue Revival (in art) 28, 65, 65,
166, 168, 169, 172, 179
Palaeologus family 140, 153, 160, 183
Palaeologus, John V 17
Palaeologus, John VIII 17, 153, 281
Palaeologus, Manuel II 153
Palaeologus, Michael VIII 16, 190, 192,
196
Palais de France 238
Palais de Hollande 239
Palazzo di Venezia 238
Pammakaristos, church of 28, 166–68,
168
Pamuk, Orhan 25, 42, 88
Panachrantos, church of 161
Panaghia Gorgoepikoös, church of 186
Panaghia Kafatiani, church of 230, 232
Panaghia Kamariotissa, chapel of 281
Panaghia Paramythia, church of 211
Panaghia Peribleptos, monastery of 189
Panorama 1453, museum 199
Pantepoptes, church of 154
Pantocrator, church of 152–54
Parks
Fatih 148–49
Gülhane 102–03
Saraçhane 147
Yıldız 251–52
Paşabahçe 275
Paşabahçe glass 76, 240, 275
Patriarchate of Alexandria (see Metochion
of Mt Sinai)
Patriarchate of Jerusalem (see Metochion
of the Holy Sepulchre)
Paul the Silentiary 59, 60, 61, 64
Pausanias, Spartan general 7
Pera (see Beyoğlu)
Pera Palace Hotel 50, 237, 237, 290
Persians 7, 12, 217, 258
Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Camii 141
Peter and Paul, church of 114
Phanariots 209
Pharos, lighthouse 110
Philes, poet 169
Philip II of Macedon 7
Philip, duke of Swabia 14
Philoxenus, cistern of (see Binbirdirek)
Phocas, emperor 12
Photius, patriarch 63, 281
Pierre Loti café 222
Piri Reis, cartographer 250
Pisans, territory of 13, 38
Piyale Paşa Camii 207–08
Plethon, Gemistos 16
Population exchange (between Greece
and Turkey) 24
Poyraz 276
331
Princes’ Islands 277ff
Printing presses 123
Procopius, historian 92, 115, 273
Pulcheria, empress 53, 117, 164, 217
Pulgher, Domenico, architect 236, 241
R
Rabia Gülnuş Emetullah, Valide Sultan
265
Rabbinate 214
Ragip Pasha, library of 141
Rakı 294–95
Ramazan Efendi Camii 187–88, 187
Reform Movement (Tanzimat) 22, 23,
122
Ritter, Otto, architect 270
Robert College 255–56
Roman basement 164
Romaniot Jews 214
Romanus I Lecapenus 140, 278
Romanus IV, emperor 13
Rome, Roman Empire 7–8
Roxelana 20, 71, 83, 135, 135; (burial
place of) 136; (hamam of) 44; (külliye
of) 185
Rug Museum 107–08
Rum Mehmetpaşa Camii 265
Rumeli Feneri 263
Rumeli Hisarı 18, 257–58
Rumeli Kavağı 262
Russia, Russian 216, 239, 276, 282
Russian Embassy 238
Rüstem Pasha 131, 135; (burial place
of) 145; (medrese of) 131
Rüstem Paşa Camii 131–32, 132
S
Sadberk Hanım Museum 261
Safiye, Valide Sultan 21, 38, 68
Șah Huban, türbe of 161
Șah Sultan, külliye of 219
Sahaflar Çarşısı 125
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St Andrew of Crete, church of 188
St Anthony of Padua, church of 241
St Benoit, church of 231
St Euphemia, church of 271
St George, monastery of, Büyükada 283,
284
St John the Baptist, Burgazada 280
St John the Baptist of Studius 26, 190
St John the Baptist in Trullo 169
St Mary Draperis 240
St Mary of the Mongols 211
SS Peter and Mark, church of 216
SS Peter and Paul, church of 229
St Polyeuctus, church of 148, 149
St Saviour in Chora, church of 28,
170ff, 179
SS Sergius and Bacchus, church of 26,
114–15
St Stephen of the Bulgars, church of 212
St Theodosia, church of 165
Sait Faik Museum 280
Șale Köşk 252
Saliha, Valide Sultan 226
Salipazarı (Fındıklı) 234; (Kadıköy) 271
Samatya district 189
Sancaktar Hayrettin Mescidi 188
Sapphire Tower 256
Saraçhane Park 147
Saray Burnu 103
Sarıyer 261
Scutari (see Üsküdar)
Sea walls 18, 110, 164, 192, 208
Sebils,
Abdülhamit I 52
Azapkapı 226, 226
Hacı Mehmet Emin Ağa 247
Koca Sinan Pasha 119
Koca Yusuf Pasha 235
Mustafa III 141
Şehzade 146
Yeni Cami 43
Séchan, Charles, set designer 248
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Sedef, island 284
Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa, architect 104
Șehzade Camii 29, 142–43
Selim I, sultan 19, 145, 189, 250; (burial place of) 162; (medrese of) 161;
(mosque of) 162, 163
Selim II, sultan 21, 68, 83, 135, 219;
(burial place of) 68, 69
Selim III, sultan 22, 72, 216, 233, 269,
275; (burial place of) 141
Selimiye Barracks 268–69
Seljuks 13, 16, 35
Seminati, Delfo, architect 275
Șemsipaşa Camii 265
Senpiyer Han 228
Sepetçiler Kasrı 206
Şepsefa Hatun Camii 52
Septimius Severus, emperor 8, 48;
(walls of) 8, 50
Serpentine Column 49, 99
Sevres, treaty of 23
Şeyh Galip, poet 216
Şeyh Hamdullah, calligrapher 123
Șeyh Muslihiddin Vefa 147
Șeyh Süleyman Mescidi 154
Siege of 1453 18–19, 199, 200, 247
Silivri Kapı 197
Simeon, architect 128
Sinan Hamamı 264
Sinan, architect 33, 53, 57, 122, 137,
157, 182, 188, 189, 219, 224, 250,
255, 265, 266, 267, 274; (burial place
of) 139; (commissions for Barbarossa)
152, 250; (commissions for Kılıç Ali)
232, 233; (commissions for Mihrimah
and Rüstem Pasha) 131, 145, 202,
264; (commissions for Sokollu
Memhet Pasha) 111, 219; (commissions for Süleyman the Magnificent)
134, 143, 162, 185, 234, 261; (work
at Topkapı) 75, 76, 86, 87
Sinanpaşa Camii 250
Sirkeci Station 50
Sivri, island 279
Siyavuş Pasha, türbe of 219
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha 21, 52, 112;
(türbe of) 219
Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii 111–13,
112
Sphrantzes, George 204, 205
Spice Bazaar 41–42
Splendid Hotel 283, 290
Strategopoulos, Alexius 197
Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, British
Ambassador 236
Street, G.E., architect 236
Studius, Roman patrician 190
Sublime Porte 52
Süleyman II, sultan 20
Süleyman the Magnificent 19–20, 83,
110, 111, 135, 148, 185, 197, 250,
260; (burial place of) 136, 137
Süleymaniye Mosque 29, 134ff; (külliye
of) 136–39
Sultanahmet Camii 29 (see also Blue
Mosque)
Sultanahmet district 104ff
Sultanahmet prison (see Four Seasons)
Sulu Monastir 189
Sulukule 202
Sumahan on the Water, hotel 273, 290
Sümbül Efendi 189
Surp Asdvadzadzin, church of 192
Surp Boğos, church of 261
Surp Hovhannes Mıgırdıç, church of
191
Surp Kevork (see Sulu Monastir)
Surp Levon, church of 271
Surp Reşdagabet, church of 213
Surp Santuht, church of 258
Swedish Consulate 236
Sweet Waters of Asia 274
Sweet Waters of Europe 223
Symplegades, the 263
333
Synagogues
Ahrida 214
Ashkenazi 228
B’nai Mikra 215
Etz Ahayim 255
Italian 228
Mualem 215
Neve Shalom 228
Zulfaris 227, 228
T
Tahtakale Hamam 131
Takiuddin, astronomer 273
Takkeci İbrahim Ağa Camii 199
Taksim Meksemi 242
Taksim Square 242
Tanzimat (Reform) Movement 22, 23,
122
Tarabya 260
Tavası Süleyman Ağa Camii 193
Tavşan, island 284
Tek, Vedat, architect 109, 270
Tekfur Sarayı 203–04
Tekkes, general 31
Galata 230
Merkez Efendi 199
Yenikapı 199
Yıldız Dede 43
Telli Baba, türbe of 262
Terrae Sanctae, chapel of 238
Tersane, arsenal 206
Theodora, empress, wife of Justinian 9,
273
Theodora, wife of Michael VIII 160
Theodore, St 190; (church of) 147
Theodore I, emperor 15
Theodore II, emperor 16
Theodosian walls 18, 171, 194ff
Theodosius Cistern 117
Theodosius I, emperor 8–9, 47, 49;
(Forum of) 124, 124; (triumphal arch
of) 196
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Theodosius II, emperor 9; (harbour of)
192; (rebuilding of Haghia Sophia) 54,
57; (walls of) 9, 171, 194ff
Theophilus, emperor 67, 110, 196, 282;
(walls of) 192
Theotokos, aghiasma of 216–17
Theotokos in Chalkoprateia, basilica 53
Theotokos Pammakaristos (see
Pammakaristos)
Theotokos Panachrantos (see
Panachrantos)
Tiberius II, emperor 231
Ticaret Borsası 43
Tophane 233
Top Kapı, gate 199
Topkapı Sarayı 71ff
Tott, Baron de, military engineer 263,
282
Toussaint, military engineer 262, 276
Tower of Eirene 127
Transfiguration, monastery of, Büyükada
283
Trotsky, Leon 283
Tryphon 187, 211
Tulip Era 77, 87, 146, 248
Tulip Festival 259
Tulips, introduced to Western Europe
239
Tünel 226
Türbes
Abdülhamit I 43
Abdülmecit I 162
Abu Ayyub 220, 221
Ahmet I 107
Barbarossa 250
Beyazıt II 122
Galip Dede 231
Gülbahar 157
Hacı Ahmet Pasha 266
Hüsrev Pasha 161
İbrahim Pasha 145
Koca Sinan Pasha 119
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Türbes contd
Köprülü Mehmet 118
Mahmut II 117
Mahmut Pasha 130, 130
Mehmet II 157
Mehmet III 68
Mehmet V 222
Mihrişah Valide Sultan 222
Murat III 68
Mustafa III 141
Nakşidil 159
of the Princes 70
Roxelana 136
Süleyman the Magnificent 136, 137
Rüstem Pasha 145
Şah Huban 161
Șehzade 144, 145
Selim I 162
Selim II 68, 69
Sinan, architect 139
Siyavuş Pasha 219
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha 219
Sümbül Efendi 189
Telli Baba 262
Vefa 147
Yahya Efendi 252
Yeni Cami 42
Zafir Efendi 252
Turhan Hatice, Valide Sultan 21, 38, 89;
(burial place of) 42; (külliye of) 41
Turkish & Islamic Arts Museum 110–11
Turkish delight 43
Turkish Orthodox Church 232
U
Üç Horon, Armenian church of 242
Ulu Cami mosque type 29, 207
Union Church of Istanbul 238
University of Istanbul 124
Urban, Hungarian engineer 199, 205
Üsküdar 264–68
Uzunçarşı Caddesi 131
V
Valens, aqueduct of 147–48
Valide Sultans, general 84
Vallaury, Alexander, architect 34, 93,
237, 269
Vaniköy 273
Vefa Bozacisi 146
Vefa Camii 147
Vefa district 146–47
Venice, Venetians 13, 38, 153, 182,
239; (and Fourth Crusade) 14, 15
Versailles, Treaty of 24
Vezir Hanı 119
Via Egnatia 116, 196
Vilayet 52
Y
Yavuz Selim (see Selim I)
Yazid, Arab leader 12
Young Turk revolution 23
W
Walls
Genoese 233
along the Golden Horn 18, 164, 208
landward 18, 194ff
along the Marmara 110, 192
Theodosian 9, 18, 171, 194ff
Wilhelm II, Kaiser 47, 252
Wortley Montagu, Lady Mary 260
Y
Yahya Efendi, shrine of 252
Yahya Sufi, calligrapher 157
Yakub-şah bin Sultan-şah, architect
120–21
Yassı, island 279
335
Yavaşca Șahin Camii 131
Yavuz Ersinan Camii 132–33
Yedikule 196
Yedikule Kapı 197
Yeni Bahçe district 160
Yeni Cami 29, 38ff
Yeni Mahalle 262
Yeni Valide Camii 265
Yenikapı 192
Yenikapı Mevlevihanesi 199
Yeniköy 259
Yeraltı Cami 231
Yerebatan Sarnıcı 46
Yesarı, calligrapher 216
Yeşil Ev 45
Yıldız Dede Tekkesi 43
Yıldız, palace and park 251–52
Yıldız porcelain 76, 251
Yuşa Tepesi 276
Z
Zafir Efendi, türbe of 252
Zakariya al-Kazwini 220
Zal Mahmut Paşa Camii 218
Zara, city of 14
Zembilli Ali Efendi, mektep of 152
Zeuxippus, baths of 44
Zeynep Sultan Camii 52
Zeyrek Camii 152–54
Zeyrek district 152–54
Zindan Han 133
Zindan Kapı 133
Zoë, empress 65, 276
Zonaro, Fausto, artist 80, 201, 202, 248
Zoödochos Pigi, shrine of 197–98
Zulfaris Synagogue 227, 228