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    c £ ancient Rome , is in dignity ^ though not in power , the secotid person in the empire ; but he is ' not . as some have endeavoured to prove , the first . To show this , jVjs sufficient to say that his continuance in office depends npon the will of the Sultan . in a despotic monarchy nothing remains fixed but the religion ;*

    the Mahometan law is unchange - able and all-powerful ; tut its immediate ministers possess neither tlie one nor the other attribute . If tlie fetiva , or decree , of the Mufti were a necessary

    sanction to every act of importance , wftfch it seems not 16 be , the person who disposes ot the omce may pg supposed capable of controuijjpg tne officer . iThe religion may

    De called superior to the Sultan , Tor by it he holds his power , but I cannot | th ihk ^ Aat any opposi-Hiqin to tne imperial authority on me part of the Uleina , however

    Ipqg or successfully it may conti . ime . can oe adduced to shew that the . Sultau ol the Turks is not a despptic prince , or can be considered in any other light than an insurrection , to which every abso-, ute monarch must occasionally

    II is the custom for the Grand Sifinior to back his ' o ' rdtnahces re » Jative to peace ana war , and other

    state matters , l > y Xhefttwd ^ i ^ sit ils jfbr " 1 ^ 'i ' m to ^ 6 io the mdsck pubticj ^ y . pfr eVisry . j ^ ri djay ^ arid . to attend ) l > person , ^ t , a conflagration ; but the two latter obligations are efttilf Kr ^ roiA ; - - 'Wl \ Ik the fbriaer ; to ^ Jhe tple ^

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    ttoiv irt the OftdttlKA &vet % U or ijf any btfeer ^ Htj th&ri ffiai n 6 prince is aitogeth ^ ir ^^ erfor to established t&kjeres . Ne ' v ' erthelesi Ab& ' -Taleb , tCe traveller ,

    commonly goirtg by the name of thi Persfa ^ pririce , l a much better jtidge . tWA ; cit&feir" De Ton , Sir JaWies Porter , or otftef Etf ^ ropeans who hkve fedbpted the sarne notion , ih ' fof'Ais ^ us in fii $ 1

    ITr ^ vels , that fie didtt 6 t t 4 iWfer the power of ftie Grim ] Siinior absolute , ivhich Ffekh only account for ^ y WtTjpposi ^ tfekt Sh the Asiatic | ovfeWnKb& to wnicli he had beert a ' cbuttbAed , iWstiii'e ' cti bin ' s vi /^ rfe not so frgdti eni , not ( He ihfliience of usage % &

    pareht , ks in tlie capil&l Si tliV . key . fiie ideh ' tity of lift and ^ oA givfes a i&nctffy "bT ch ^ aWer'fe the Mlifti , ttie C { &y-asfc # if R 6 ^' eR 4 « ria KaMik , Hfe « .

    tainbiuT-Eftendi , tHe M 611 afi % , C 8 . As ' , ^ riibs , irtd mi the m&m tri ' tors of jus ' tice ?^ 1 Tur % ; % llie ecciestasties : oV M ^ rtnaiH , .. 7 . _ --- ?¦*• ,--^ re , except Jn their e ducation , a distinct body from the Ulenui .

    kffd % re ' not imWediarely dbpendentupon the Mufti , butttli < M fte festWr Aga , or cliie ' f of the B&ck Eunuchs . *

    ? The Cazy-askcrs are chiefiJusUc ^ J tftey sit not on the iighjt * a « Mr / fhopnton skys , but on the left hand , Q * & grand Vkier in Hhc | livan * The Istam b 6 t- « : ffendi is chief justice & CdnSOjtin ^ iflfe ) tfie MdllUis or Monia ^ Wrc frcftldeiits of gr « at towns , to wbom ^ paid

    aacient Ottoman kinj ^ ^ -SSS a day , btit who now rec ^ e ttfllwH from the goVcrnfiaent ( Bobo ^ . rreatisc contcrriitig the J ^ fi ^ % tT , ***** fy the . CWfe W ^ . f ^ e small towns , atid Wf ^ ^^ k ^ Ta-J udges . Each drarr Ms aW M ^ irctarv , a Mo ¥ aiyff , a dirk , and B ^ sir , * cticr . Tte Miifti f l ^ *

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    € 34 Proekt Stnte of the MaTiotnitun ketigidh ftiTurhfy .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 634, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/10/