q6 A Relation of the Chapilf. 



That is to lay, 



There is ne other God than God, 

 Mahomet is fent by God, 



Refoul fignifiesy^/tf, which is the greateft Title given by the Turks to 

 their Prophet. 



y*. 7 < • On both fides of that Court there runs a very noble Gallery, the pillars whereof arc 

 WtuSSf% t$ of marble, all along which the Companies of the Janizaries are drawn up, and di(ci- 

 plin'd, when the Grand Seignor orders them to (hew their activity, and to appear well 

 arm'd, at the arrival of fome AmbaiTador, who is to have Audience. 



On the right hand, behind the Gallery, where the Janizaries are drawn up, on the 

 Dhwz-dayes [that is to (ay, upon Council-dayes] are the Kitchins, and the Offices of 

 the Seraglio, diftincl: one from the other, and every one fcrv'd by its peculiar Officers. 

 Heretofore there were nine of them, but now that number is redue'd to feaven. Every 

 Office or Kitchin, has its chief Director, or Mailer-Cook, and there is a Superintendent 

 above them allj named the Akggi-bacbi-y who has the command over four hundred 

 Cooks. t 



Tfammhvt$ The 'chiefeft of thefe Kitchins, which is for the Grand Seignior himfelf is called 

 tht Kjtcbins. Hafmoutbak. • ■ 



The Second is called Vakde-SultarMm-Moutbakl, and is defign'd for the Sultane(fef y 

 as for inftance, the Mother, the Wife, or, jto fay better, the Princefs, for whom the 

 GrandSeignor has the greateft kindnefs, and who had the happinefs to bring into the 

 World a Succeflbr to the Empire, as alfo for his Sifters and Daughters* 



- The third Kitchin, which they call Kifler-Agazinum-Moutbakj is-- appointed far the 

 Overfeer of the Appartment of the Women, and the other Negro-Eunuchs who are em- 

 pioy'd about the guarding of them. 



Tlie fourth is for the Capou-Agafi, or Grand Mafter of the Ser3glio, who has the 

 greateft accefs to the Grand Seignor's Perfbn, and whofe Charge ( as 1 faid eliewhere) 

 generally extends over whatever enters into the Palace. And this Kitchin ferves alfb for 

 the Officers of the Divan, 



The fifth is for the Chafiiadarbacbi,or the chief Perfon concern'd about the Treafury, 

 and for thofe who are under his jurisdi&ion^nd obey his Orders. 



The fixth is for the Kilargibacbi^ or principal Gup-bearer, and thofe who have their 

 dependance upon him. 



^The feaventh andlaft, is that of the Sarai-Agafo and of all the Officers, Who are un- 

 der his charge. 



Laftiy, as for the Boftangis^ whofe wfork lies in the Gardens, they drefs their Meat 

 themfeiyesjvand appoint (bme among them to execute that Office, and they provide the 

 Commons for all the reft. There are alfo fome of thefe Bojiangis employ'd in the Offices 

 defign'd; for the Grand Seignor. 



The ordinary There enters no Beef into the Kitchins of the Seraglio : but the ordinary confump- 

 meats ftrv'd tion of every day, including all, as well thofe who eat, within, as without, may a- 

 up in tbt stng- mount to Five Hundred Sheep, in which number muft be comprehended Lambs and 



Kids v and the greateft part of thofe Sheep, are brought from the Frontiers of Ptrjia ? 



which Country excels all others, as to that creature. According to this proportion of 



Mutton, 



