91. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 64–65. An admiral who repeatedly failed
in battle, pillaged coastal areas, and grounded his great warships on rocks or lost them
and hundreds of men to accidental ammunition fi res was able to avoid an order for his
arrest, obtaining instead a pardon ( 1 59–60).- Gülsoy, Girit’in Fethi, 1 20–23; Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 266. One
battle in the Dardanelles in 1 655 is typical. When the Ottoman admiral gave the order
to attack, the Ottoman ships crashed into each other, “leaving those on board bewil-
dered as oar smashed against oar and sail against sail.” The Venetians found a breach
and attacked fi ercely, winning the battle as they seized Ottoman galleons. Abdi Pasha,
Vekāyi‘nāme, fols. 8 1 a–b.
- Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 263.
- Naima, Tarih-i Naima, 6: 1 96.
- Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 263.
- Ibid., 236, 239.
- Solakzade, Tarih-i Solakzade, fol. 483b; Mehmed Halife, Tarih-i Gilmani,
fol. 32a.
Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 254–55, 243.
Mehmed Halife, Tarih-i Gilmani, fols. 32a–b.
1 00. Kürd Hatib, Risāle, fol. 7a.
Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 275, 285.
1 02. Naima, Tarih-i Naima, 6:2 1 0.
1 03. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 283.
1 04. Katip Çelebi, Fezleke, 2:275–76; Naima, Tarih-i Naima, 4: 191.
1 05. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 1 43.
1 06. Kürd Hatib, Risāle, fol. 7a.
107. Ahmed Dede, Jami’ al-Duwal, fol. 776a.
1 08. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 283, 1 43.
1 09. Kürd Hatib, Risāle, fol. 8a.
11 0. Solakzade, Tarih-i Al-i Osman, fols. 470b–47 1 a; Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr
zeyli, 28; Katip Çelebi, Fezleke, 2:343–44.
111. Ahmed Dede, Jami’ al-Duwal, fol. 773b; Naima, Tarih-i Naima, 6:7 1.
11 2. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 29; Mehmed Halife, Tarih-i Gilmani, fol.
1 9b.
11 3. Katip Çelebi, Fezleke, 2:349.
11 4. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 43–44.
11 5. Abdi Pasha, Vekāyi‘nāme, fols. 87b–88a.
11 6. Karaçelebizade, Ravzatü’l-ebrâr zeyli, 22 1 , 233, 6 1 , 62.
11 7. Silahdar, Tarih-i Silahdar, 1 :68.
11 8. Nihadi, Tarih-i Nihadi, Topkapı Palace Museum Library, MS. Bağdat 2 1 9, fols.
1 76a–b.
11 9. Naima, writing well after Mehmed IV’s reign, did not include the conversion
attempt in his narrative. He entitled his account “The Hanging (or Crucifi xion) of the
Patriarch.” Naima, Tarih-i Naima, 6:264. Orthodox Christians also appear in this text
as an internal enemy. The author claims that Ottoman authorities discovered dozens
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