PLATE KUL
A D OM E S T IC
BELONGING TO THE>GRANI>' VIZIER.
U ntii. t i e reign of rtfe®. present Sultan, the office of Grand Vizier
was not onfy the most impotiaBtmtbewlmléstëte,. but was even
•abie to controul the sovereign’s will. The three last Viziers have
however been circumscribed in their power, although their office
is stifi attended with nearly as ranch pomp' and magnificence- as
formerly. -
TM officers-and dtxmestkffl df the Grand Vizier are very
'Eouk The 'portrait here given is of one/in his fnll:drpss> with his
yehaw hoots-and yataghan, a- soit of curved knife-or short'scimitar.
The. first of -these -is reckoned a great privilege; as feeommon
people are forbiddennoT wear hoots-or slippers of-a-ydlow colour.
'The yataghèns, which are also sometimes accompanied by large pis-
tols, :are generaliy very richly ornamented, but'withon.t my marks
