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brought the Bafha a Sword and Caftan from the GrandStgnior^ as a Teflimony 
that he continued him in the Baftafhip of Rgyft. If was thougfit at firit, 
that the OUk v^as come to make him Manfoid ^ becaufe it commonly happens, 
that at the end of the Ramadan, when they have fent the Haz.?ia to Conjlardi- 
nople, they are msÔQ Manfoub. But this Man, (that he might be before- hand 
with his Enemies ) had ordered three thoufand Purfes to be given feme time 
before at Confiant inople, for his Confirmation in the place ; for which the 
The caure of Grand Stgnior continued him in the Government. This OUh entred the Caftie 
the Avanies \^ the Morning with the Caftan and Sword, and then the Guns went off for 
ofS^pt^ joy. It is not to bethought ftrange, that this Baflia fo tyrannically opprefles 
Officers of People, but rather that he does not do it more. Every Bafha brings with him 
Rgjpt. from Con ft antinomie, the Charavdla., who takes care to Colled all the Cuftoms 
Charjvaik. of J£gyft, which whoUy depend on him, and he Lodges in the Sfrr^^/;*? of the 
'^h^v^^^ Bafha. Every one brings with him alfo his Seraf^ who manages his Money: 
\eraf\$i ^'^ ^^''''^f ^^P'^y who is another Jew taken at Caire, he takes care of the 
Cadik[<iuer of Grand Signior''s Revenue. Then there is at Caire the Cadilefquer ^ or chief 
^iyP' Ji^clge, who is at Catre what the Mufti is at Conftantinople, and is Independent 
of the Baflia, being fent or recalled immediately by thQ Grand Signior: After 
Sangiack Beys them, there is in t/f^^'pf Twenty four Sangtack Beys, and of thofe who are 
Ch^kiOi' called Charkjjh Beys, there are above forty. The Charkijh Beys were Inftituted 
Beys of before the Sangiacks, and their care is to Guard the City ; yet they are inferi- 
our to the San^t^cl^ Beys, whofe province is to keep the Country. Each Bey 
has a Purfe a Month, and to procure the place, it cofts at leaft an Hundred 
thouiand Piaftres, partly given at Con ft antinomie, and partly in zy£gypt. Moft 
jlJyp^ of thefe Beys are Renegadoes that have been Slaves, who endeavour at their 
' own coft, to make fome of their flaves Beys, in their own Life-time, that they 
may have them at their devotion. Thefe Beys are the Lords of the Country, 
and are very powerful ; fome of them can command Ten thoufand ^rabs in 
the Country, at an hours warning. There is one of thefe Sangiack Beys al- 
ways at old Catre, who keeps Guard there, and another upon the Road from 
the Matharee to Boulac, and at fome other places of Caire, for fear of the 
Arabs \ and thefe Sangiack^ Beys mount the Guard by turns, and flay on every 
Cuftom-Hou- one his Month. There are two Cuftom-Houfes belonging to Caire, to wit, 
fes la^gypt. one at Boulac, for what comes from Roffetto and Damiette ; and another at old 
Caire, for what comes from Sayde, or the Thebais. There is in Caire alfo a 
Sous-bafha, who is as it were a Mayor or Provoft ; he hath three Officers under 
Afar Sd^a. him, to wit, the Afar Bajha, who is a Chorbagi, the Devedar, who is his 
jkvedsr. Lieutenant, and the Oda Baflia. There is a Sous-baiha alfo at Boulac, and ano- 
Payed Sokli- ther at old Caire. As to the Militia, there are Twelve thoufand Janiz^aries in 
ecs'mJEgypt. Mgyp, of whom there is Seven thoufand in Caire; befides Thirty five thou- 
fand others, who are under pay in the Country. When the Janiz^aries march 
in body, about ten in Front, a Jamz,ary carries a Borachio full of Water, with 
feveral Cups, to give his Comerades who are dry, Water to drink ; and this 
charge is fo Honourable, that when they are removed from it, they are made 
Chorbagis. The Officers of the Janiz^aries are, the Aga, who is General, the 
BafehChmfch fCiaya, who is his Lieutenant, the Bafch Chaeufch, who is Enfign, the Beitnl- 
Kouubu ^'^^ Chaoufch, the Alai Chaoufch, who is Serjeant Major, the Koutchn Chaoufch, 
chaoufih. who calls the Chorbadgi, that is Captain of a Company, the Oda Bafha, who 
chorbiigi. is the chief of a Divifion. To rife to any of thele Offices, one muft have 
oii Ba^i. been Saradge to the Kiaya or Aga, then they mount up from the loweft to the* 
higheft of thefe places. The Chorbagis are made either for Money, or fome 
No Moors fignai piece of Service j Oda Bafljas 3re prefented according 'to Seniority. No 
Janiimes. jHoors are made Janiz.aries, and they exclude them, that they may keep them 
always under. Neverthelefs , the ftrengrh of S.gyft confifts chiefly in the 
Arabs of the Country, who will get together into a Body of feveral thoufand 
Horfe, in the twinkling of an Eye. 
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