86 ACRE. 
CHAP, a pilgrimage to Mecca; the Janissaries, during 
^ i- y -/ his absence, having obtained access to the 
charem. If his history be ever written, it 
will have all the air of a roiDance. His real 
name is Achmed. He is a native of Bosnia, 
and speaks the Sclavonian language better 
than any other. It is impossible to give 
here a detail of his numerous adventures. At 
an early period of his life, he sold himself to 
a slave-merchant in Constantinople; and being 
purchased by AH Bey, in Egypt, he rose 
from the humble situation of a Mamluke slave, 
to the post of Governor of Cairo. In this 
situation, he distinguished himself by the 
most rigorous execution of justice, and realized 
the stories related of Oriental Caliphs, by 
mingling, in disguise, with the inhabitants 
of the city, and thus making himself master 
of all that was said concerning himself, or 
transacted by his officers'. The interior of 
(l) The author received this information irom Djezzar himself; 
together with the fact of his having been once Governor of Cairo. He 
has generally been known only from his situation as Pasha of Setde 
and Acre. /^o/«i?.9 described his Pashalic, in 1784, as the emporism 
of Damascus and all the interior parts of Syria. {^See Trav. in Egypt 
and Syria, voI.U.p. 181. Lond^nSl.) The gates of his frontier 
tewns had regular guards. {Ibid. p. 183.) His cavalry amounted to 
nine hundred Bosnian and Arnaiit horsemen. By sea, he had a frigate, 
two galiots, and a xebeck. His revenue amounted to four hundred 
thousand pounds. (lbid.p.lS2.) His expenses were principally con- 
fined to his gardens, his baths, and his women. In his old age he 
grew very avaricious. 
