JfO WAft OF THE TURKS 



quired, in their place, Ofman bey Afcar, Ibraim bey 

 the little, and Soliman aga, and that, if thefe however 

 had been appointed by them, and they chofe to re- 

 main, they might do fo. 



The 15th. the deputies returned, with the politive 

 anfwer, that they would fend no other hoftages ; and 

 that they begged him to put an end to the affair as foon 

 as poffible, to fend them a firman with the imperial feal, 

 and another with his own ; and with this they would 

 be contented. 



The 20th. the kapudan pafha fent them the firmans* 

 as delired ; with two pellices of marten fkins of great 

 value, 



Thefe firmans imported that the fultan would place 

 them in two provinces in Upper JEgypt, where they 

 might take up their abode in peace ; under the condi- 

 tion, that they fhould pay the tribute to the fultan 

 which was ufual from thofe provinces. 



The beys then fent him another hoftage, namely one 

 of the little beys, the greatefl fcoundrel in the world ; , 

 with twenty fumptuous horfes and fix camels as a 

 prefent. 



On the 5th. of October the kapudan pallia fixed his 

 departure for Constantinople, and declared that he 

 would take the hoftages with him. They alked him 

 his reafon for this; to which he replied, that they" 

 might not raife any difturbance after he was gone, and 

 put themfelves at the head of the infurgents. There- 

 fore, he caufed them to be brought in chains to his 

 galeangici, excepting Aju bey alone, for whom the" 

 ficcabeletti Ifmael bey had obtained this exemption,, as" 

 he was not capable of fomenting an infurreetion ; and 



he 



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