GUEL-BEJAZE--THE WHITE ROSE 36
III. SULTAN ACHMED 49
IV. THE SLAVE OF THE SLAVE-GIRL 69
V. THE CAMP 99
VI. THE BURSTING FORTH OF THE STORM 123
VII. TULIP-BULBS AND HUMAN HEADS 134
VIII. A TOPSY-TURVY WORLD 153
IX. THE SETTING AND THE RISING SUN 179
X. THE FEAST OF HALWET 203
XI. GLIMPSES INTO THE FUTURE 216
XII. HUMAN HOPES 240
XIII. THE EMPTY PLACE 270
INTRODUCTION.
On September 28th, 1730, a rebellion burst forth in Stambul against
Sultan Achmed III., whose cowardly hesitation to take the field against
the advancing hosts of the victorious Persians had revolted both the
army and the people. The rebellion began in the camp of the Janissaries,
and the ringleader was one Halil Patrona, a poor Albanian sailor-man,
who after plying for a time the trade of a petty huckster had been
compelled, by crime or accident, to seek a refuge among the mercenary
soldiery of the Empire. The rebellion was unexpectedly, amazingly
successful. The Sultan, after vainly sacrificing his chief councillors
to the fury of the mob, was himself dethroned by Halil, and Mahmud I.
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