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'Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II' [‎391] (426/568)

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Appendix VI.—Giovanni Finati.
391
«including the sergeant's wife," swore fidelity to one
another, and deserted with all their arms and accoutre
ments. They passed into the Albanese territory, and
were hospitably treated as " soldiers, who had deserted
from the infidel army in Dalmatia," by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , posted
at Antivari to keep check upon the French operations.
At first they were lodged in the Mosque, and the ser
geant's wife had been set apart from the rest; but as
they refused to apostatize they were made common
slaves, and worked at the quarries till their " backs were
sore." Under these circumstances, the sergeant dis
covering and promulgating his discovery that " the
Mahometans believe as we do in a god; and upon
examination that we might find the differences from our
mother church to be less than we had imagined,"—all at
once came the determination olprofessing to be Moham
medans. Our Italian Candide took the name of Mahomet,
and became pipe-bearer to a Turkish general officer in
the garrison. This young man trusted the deserter to
such an extent that the doors of the Harim were open
to him, and Giovanni Finati repaid his kindness by
seducing Fatimah, a Georgian girl, his master's favourite
wife. The garrison then removed to Scutari. Being of
course hated by his fellow servants, the renegade at last
fell into disgrace, and exchanging the pipe-stick for the
hatchet, he became a hewer of wood. This degradation
did not diminish poor Fatimah's affection; she continued
to visit him, and to leave little presents and tokens for
him in his room. But presently the girl proved likely
to become a mother,—their intercourse was more than
suspected,—Giovanni Finati had a dread of circumcision/
1 He describes the Harim as containing " the females of different
countries, all of them young, and all more or less attractive, and the
merriest creatures I ever saw." His narration proves that affection
and fidelity were not wanting there.
2 Mr. Bankes, Finati's employer and translator, here comments
upon Ali Bey's assertion, " Even to travellers in Mahometan coun-

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Personal Narrative of a pilgrimmage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. Vol. II by Captain Sir Richard F Burton, edited by his wife, Isabel Burton, with an introduction bu Stanley Lane-Poole.

Publication Details: London, George Bell and Sons.

Edition: The third edition with preface.

Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xii).

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1 volume (414 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references. There is also a list of illustrations and an alphabetical index at the back of the volume, beginning on page 415.

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Dimensions: 185mm x 110mm

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