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19th, when the heavy cannon coming-up, and a larger breach being made, the befieges, who before rejected the fummons, on the 28th, feeing the imperialifts preparing for the affault, thought fit to capitulate, on condition of being convoyed to Panzova. There were found in this important fortress 5000 meafures of barley, 1000 of wheat, 300 facks of rice, 50 vats of flour, 50 brafs guns, 22 mortars, 70,000 pounds of good powder, 723,000 of decayed powder, 3500 cannon-balls, 30,000 pounds of unwrought, and 4300 of wrought, iron. The garrifon, to the number of 1200 fighting men, and in all 12,000 fouls, were detained without the city, till the Turks had released the garrison at Pefcobara, who had been detained there contrary to articles.

A. D. 1692.

THE Othmans, being defirous of revenge, in June detached Other ada ftrong party towards Effek, with a defign to make an incur- vantages. fion into Sclavonia; but were repulfed here, as well as at Titul and Titz, by the Rafcians, while the Kroats plundered and burnt Behatz and Oftrofatz. In July, the Turks attacked the fortress of Portfen near Peterwaradin, but were forced to give over the enterprize; which yet they attempted a fecond time, no lefs in vain.

THERE happened no confiderable action on either fide in Hungary this campaign, only the Kroats and Rafcians made an incurfion towards Meydan, with good fuccefs; and the latter had the luck to break into Morava, and take 200,000 dollars, after defeating the Turkish convoy

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ABOUT the fame time, the Serafkier of Babadaghi, Dalda Affairs of bân Mostafa Pâlbâ, in conjunction with Arap Pafbå, governor Moldaof Trebizond, in the end of the month of Zilkaadeh, enters via. Moldavia. There being joined by the prince of that country, and twenty thousand Tatars, under the command of Shahbaz Gyeray Soltan, marches towards Soroka: but, being detained for feveral days by a bloody flux, at the town of Orheyus, four days distant, gives the Poles, till then negligent, time to fortify that city, and reinforce the garrifon. As foon as the Serafkier was recovered, he haftes, and lays fiege to Soroka, whofe garrison was at first terrified; but, finding that the enemy had only seven small field-pieces, and two mortars, they refume courage, and deftroy great numbers of them by fallies in the night. At length, the Serafkier, finding that the walls could not be undermined, as built on a rock, and that winter approached, is obliged to retire after thirty days fiege, and the lofs of three thousand men e.

RICAUT, ubi fupr.

MOD. HIST. VOL. XIII.

CANT. ubi fupr. p. 385.

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THE fiege of this place is reprefented very differently by 1692. our hiftorians. According to Ricaut, the Serafkier Moftafa Pafba, on the 27th of September, with 30,000 men, fat Soraka be- down before Soroka, whofe garrifon, confifting of no more ficged. than 600 foldiers, bravely refifted fo great a power. For though the Turks, on the 1ft of October, advanced their trenches to the ditch fide, yet they loft 600 men in storming the place; and though, by their continual firing, they made great breaches, yet the besieged, with indefatigable industry, repaired them in the night. On the 6th likewise, they beat the enemy out of the ditch, and countermined their fappings. However, early on the 9th, one of them having thrown down part of the wall, they began the affault, which the Poles bravely withftood for four hours, driving them from the walls, as often as they advanced, and planted their colours. In this action, the befieged took three ftandards, and killed 800 of the enemy; then, profecuting their fuccefs, drove them out of most of their pofts, and lodgements, flaying 1000 of their men. The Turks, difmayed at these repulfes, raised their camp in the night, with fuch precipitation, that they left behind them two great guns, and three mortars, with ammunition and provision .

Poles reAT the end of the campaign, the Khân of Krim Tartary, fufe peace. Kior Sefa Gyeray (S), by advice of Daltabân Pafbá, fends Darwish Shaban Aga, one of his officers to the king of Poland; offering to restore Kaminiek, with all Podolia and Ukrania, in cafe he would renounce his alliance with the emperor. But the Poles, who had conceived new hopes of fubduing all Moldavia, from the ill fuccefs of the Turks against Soroka, pay no regard to the Khân's proposals.

Venetian

*ffairs.

THE fame year, the Venetians, having entirely fubdued the Morea, refolve to turn their arms against Kandia; and, tranfporting their whole army to that island, think to furprife Kanea. But the Turks, informed of their design by a French hip, had put fo ftrong a garrifon into the city, that the Venetians are repulfed with great flaughter, and obliged to retire, after a fiege of fifty days (T). With equal fuccefs f RICAUT.

(S) This was the only prince of the family of Choban Gyeray, mentioned before in the hiftory, who arrived to the dignity of Khan; which he did not enjoy above one year. After his depofitionthe empire of Tartary returned to the legitimate Gyerays.

Cant -Kior fignifies one blind of an eye.

(T) Ricaut fays, they had hopes of carrying the place, if 1000 French, in their fervice, had not, at their first landing, deferted, and gone over to the Turks.

Soleymân

Soleyman Pafbá, governor of Arnaud, defeats the Monte Negrini, meditating a rebellion; he likewife recovers Zuffa and Panduriza. The Serafkier of the Morea, encouraged with those advantages, makes feveral incurfions upon the Venetians'; but, attempting to feize Naupactum (or Lepanto), is repulfed with great lofs. Worfe luck in Dalmatia attends the Pafbâ of Hercegovina, who endeavouring, by Ali Beg, to recover Gracow, the befiegers are fuddenly attacked by the enemy; and, being put to flight, their general is taken prifoner.

A. D.
1692.

A. D.

1693.

THE campaign of 1103 being ended, the Soltán next year The Wahas twins born to him at Conftantinople, Selim and Ibra- zîr removhîm (U). As this had never happened to any Soltan before, ed. the Turks confidered it as a prefage of future fuccefs; and Hej. 1104. for eight days celebrate the Donanma (W), with other sports ufual on fuch occafions. Amidst these rejoicings, the Wazir Torpofchi Ali Pafbâ endeavours to renew the negotiations of peace; but, being reprehended by the Mufti, and Soltân Ahmed declaring it done without his knowlege, he is deprived of his dignity, as a betrayer of the law and the empire. His fucceffor, Buyukli Moftafa Pafbâ, endeavouring to put a stop to the rapines committed by feveral great men, through the negligence of former Wazirs, fome of the offenders murmur openly, and others form a fecret plot against him; but, their affemblies being disturbed by the FanizarAgafi, his friend, and the ringleaders either put to death, or banished, the city is restored to its former tranquility. WHILE the new Wazir was employed in making prepa- Sedition rations for war, and had now encamped without Conftanti- begun nople, the Sheykh of Prufa, Misri Effendi (X), erects his

(U) Ricaut obferves, that, in the midst of these rejoicings, a fire broke out in three different places, which burnt 4000 houses, and 2000 fhops. At the fame time, one of the Menára, or fteeples, of Soltán Soleyman's mofk fell to the ground; which was esteemed an evil omen, prefaging the next campaign to be a bad one. About the fame time, according to the fame author, Soltán Ahmed began to be afflicted with the dropfy, the fatal distemper of his family.

(W) So the Turks call their

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public rejoicings for a victory,
or a fortrefs taken. On fuch
occafions the fhops are kept
open day and night, all forts
of diverfions, and even wine al-
lowed to be drank publickly.—
Cant.

(X) He was in great renown
for his fanctity; yet many
thought him too great a fa-
vourer of the Chriftian religion,
from fome expreffions in the di-
vine poems which he published,
and ordered to be fung in the
Jami.-Cant.

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A. D.

1693.

by Mifri

Effendi.

standard in that city; and lifts above three thousand volunteers, under the title of Darwishes, without pay, or allowance of provifion, merely in the name of God, and in confidence of the divine affiftance. With thefe he comes to Adrianople; and, marching to Selim's temple, at the time of noon-day prayers, firft performs his orifons with great devotion, and then makes a speech; in which he tells them, "It was revealed to him from God, that the cause of the "Othmân ill fuccess of late was not the valour of the Germans, nor the fins of the whole nation, but the ill conduct "of feventeen great men, and governors of the empire, as the "Wazir, Janizar Aga, Kaymaykâm, Tefterdar, Reis Effendi, and others whom he named: that, unlefs thefe "were put to death, no advantage could be hoped against "the Germans, but greater calamities, and even the de"ftruction of the whole empire, were to be expected; that, "there being no occafion for a numerous army against the

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Infidels, he had, by God's command, collected a body "of foldiers, few in number, and unarmed, but animated "by a divine power, and untainted with fin; with whom "he would undertake, not only to stop an innumerable host "of Gyawrs, but likewife drive them from the borders of "the empire."

THE noife of this affair bringing together great numbers, The Wazir alarm- not only of the common people, but Janizaries, Spahi's, and ed. others of the better fort, the Sheykh harangues them for four hours together. The Wazir, being informed hereof, and fearing a fedition, fends the Kaymaykâm to defire the Sheykh to come to him: but Mifri Effendi answers, "That he was "the fervant of God, fent to the people of God, to declare "what had been revealed to him; and could see no reason "why he should abandon his call, in obedience to fuch a

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Gyawr as the Wazîr was.” The Kaymaykam, perceiving, on account of the people, that he could ufe no compulfion, returns to the Wazir; tells him what he had heard, and advises him inftantly to difperfe the affembly, fince the Sheykh's whole difcourfe tended to fedition against the nobles, and probably the Soltân himself. The Wazir having fent for the Fanizar Aga, and other officers branded by Mifri Effendi with the name of Infidels; they fend to inform Ahmed, by a Talkhish, that the Sheykh, with a body of foldiers difguifed like Darwishes, was in the Selimiyah, giving odious appellations to his majefty, and charging the great officers of ftate with being Infidels, as well as friends to the Germans; whence he declared, that the divine bleffing could not be expected upon the Othman court.

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THE Soltan, enraged by fuch mifreprefentations, orders the rebel to be feized; and, fince he could not be put to death, as wearing the green turbân (Y), to be banished with his followers to Prufa. Buyukli Moftafa hercupon fends again the Kaymaykan, attended by the Janizar Agafi, and a good number of foldiers, who, in the Soltan's name, falute the Sheykh, ftill holding-forth, and inform him; that his majefty, hearing of his fanctity, defired to enjoy his conversation, and that he would inftantly come to the palace. Mifri Effendi told them, "That, although they feemed to be fent "rather by Sheytân than the Soltán, yet that he would go. "where-ever they lead him he added, that, to convince "them he spoke nothing of himself, they should, in a few "hours, receive tokens of a divine evidence." Having faid this, he mounted the Soltân's chariot, attended with the guards; and paffes with great honour through crouds of people but, as foon as he is at fome distance from the populace, he is put into a covered waggon, and conveyed to Rodoftus, from whence he is tranfported to Prufa (Z).

A. D. 1693.

Gets him

banished.

His prediction however was fulfilled two days after by a His predicgreat whirlwind and ftorm, which threw down almost all tion verithe tents in the camp; fome of which falling on the fires pre- fied. pared for dreffing dinner, and their flames catching hold of the reft, above a thousand tents were confumed in one hour's fpace: nor were the rest saved without great difficulty. The people looked-on without giving their affiftance, faying, it was a judgment for banishing the fervant of God, and witnefs of the truth. The Soltân himself, ftruck with terror, fends the Sheykh a respectful letter, and "intreats his pardon; "confeffing himself deceived by the treachery of his minifters; "and defiring him to return to Adrianople, in order to give "the army his benediction." Mifri Effendi anfwers, "That "he knew at the firft the fault of his banishment was in the great men, and not in the Soltân: that he had therefore long fince forgiven, and even forgotten, the crime: but that "he could not return to Adrianople; because the fpirit, which

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(Y) Which belongs to the Amirs, or kindred of Mobammed, mentioned in a former note. (Z) Ricaut mentions this fedition of a learned Turk againit the Soltán, as well as the Wazir, and minifters in general. He places it on the 15th of October 1694, and fays, it was quafhed by the Kaymaykam, who feized

the preacher, and put to death
the chief ringleaders; among
whom were a rapacious Pafka,
two Agas, eleven officers, and
an aftrologer, who could not
foresee his own fate. These tu-
mults were followed by reports
of ftrange prodigies and appari-
tions, with which the Soltán was
very much affrighted.

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