5 OS WAR OF THE TURKS 



-600 collected in Cairo of the people of the dervife 

 palha ; 400 Tunifians and Algerines, or what are cal- 

 led Magurtini ; 500 ogiachi, under their own gener 

 rals ; 4000 mammaluks and magralini, under the com- 

 mand of Ifmael bey and other beys. To thefe were 

 added the great number of vaffals, who all acted as 

 foldiers, and about 12,000 horfes and other beafts of 

 burden. They altogether amounted to 30,000 heads, 

 who, from the fterility and other defects of the coun- 

 try, were certainly very badly provided. 



The 2ad of January, 1786. came three beys, with 

 51 of their relations and allies, whom the enemy had 

 turned out of their camp as invalids, to the kapudan 

 pafha, to implore the aman, that is, his pardon. 



They had been a long time depofed, but fti-U conti- 

 nued in the camp from motives of policy ; though 

 they were always looked upon as fufpected perfons. In 

 the firft engagement, they had been fet to watch the 

 provilions and warlike ftores, under the mfpedtion of 

 two other beys. 



Others likewife came in at various times, to the num- 

 ber of about 4000 men ; namely, from Cyprus, Candia 

 and Syria. 



A dyffentery raged in the army. 



The 15th. of February, the vanguard of the beys 3 

 conlifting of 4000 men, partly mammeluks, partly 

 Arabs, headed by Laflia bey, Sercavi bey and Aliaga 

 bey, men of great fagacity and valour, encamped 

 early in the morning in a valley. 



On the other fide of the valley the beys polled 

 themfelves on a fpacious plain, 



On 



