The nauigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie by Nicholas Nicholay Daulphinois, Lord of Arfeuile, chamberlaine and geographer ordinarie to the King of Fraunce conteining sundry singularities which the author hath there seene and obserued: deuided into foure bookes, with threescore figures, naturally set forth as well of men as women, according to the diuersitie of nations, their port, intreatie, apparrell, lawes, religion and maner of liuing, aswel in time of warre as peace: with diuers faire and memorable histories, happened in our time. Translated out of the French by T. Washington the younger.

Of those which doe cal themselues kinsemen to Mahomet.

Chap. 20.

THere are diuers amongst the Turks, which doe call them∣selues & for such are reputed, kinsemen of Mahomet, wher∣of some doe weare a greene Tulbant, and the other a Muzaue∣gia, which is to say, a bonnet whiche they doe weare vnder the Tulbant being of colour green:* 1.1 & al the rest of the Tulbāt white They do weare such colour for that they say their Prophet ware the like on his head, and contrarie to the Turks. The Sophians whiche are the Persians, weare redde ones. Sophy is not the name of the King of persia (as some doe thinke) for this name commeth of their sect and religion, which commandeth them of an humility, not to weare on their heades any habite; more precious then wool, and for that in the Arabian tongue wool is called Sophy, those which are of this sect are called So∣phians, and in derision the Turks do cal them Kesulbach, which is to say, redde heads. The Turks & the Sophians doe say that it were not reasonable to couer the dishonest partes of the body, with the colour which the Prophetes did weare on their heads. And therefore is no more permitted vnto the Turkes to weare green hose, then vnto the Sophians to weare red hosen: & who∣soeuer should weare them, shuld be esteemed amongst them as an heretike. And therefore is not permitted vnto any: but vnto such as do say themselues to be sprong of the kinred of Maho∣met, to weare a greene Tulbant, and therefore are called Ies∣silbas, wich is to say greene heads. They are also commonly cal∣led Emirs, which may be interpreted, kinsemen of the Prophet, and are holden in such reputation for holinesse of life that in iudgement, the testimony or witnessing of one of them is allow∣ed for 2. others. But they are so mischieuous & vnhappy, that for money they wil make no conscience to beare such false witnes, such as ye wil haue thē: & specially if he be a Iewe or a Christian vnto whom they are mortal enimies. Some of them are verye

rich, and go honorably apparrelled. The other are poore handi∣craftes men, or sellers of fruites, candles, and vineger, whereof I haue seene a great many in Constantinople and Andrinopl••. Likewise diuers of them come with the Hagis pilgrims of Mec∣que, making often with them through great hypocrisie, their prayers in the midst of the place. And for that they are of most peruerse and abhominable nature diuers amongest these bar∣barous and rusticall people, are constrayned more for the feare which they haue of their false witnessing, then for the holinesse which they know in them, to beare vnto them greate honour and reuerence.

[illustration]

Emir a kinseman of Mahomet.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mahomets kinsemen doe weare a gar∣ment & Tul∣bant seueral to be known frō others.