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Transcriber's note:

  Errors and inconsistencies in accented words, mostly
  related to Arabic and Turkish names, have been taken care
  as much as possible, without attempting however to make a
  major revision and overhaul of the original text.




  ANNALS
  OF
  THE TURKISH EMPIRE,
  FROM
  1591 TO 1659 OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA.


  BY NAIMA.


  TRANSLATED FROM THE TURKISH,
  BY
  CHARLES FRASER.

  [Illustration]

  LONDON:
  PRINTED FOR THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND
  OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
  SOLD BY
  JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET; AND PARBURY, ALLEN, & CO.,
  LEADENHALL STREET.

  M.DCCC.XXXII.


  LONDON:
  Printed by J. L. COX and SON, Great Queen Street,
  Lincoln’s-Inn Fields.




TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.


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