On third! the day after I presented myself to the Sultan, I received, early in the morning, an invitation from Seraskir Khozrev to dine with him. The adjutant sent with this invitation said that Seraskir would not have anyone with me, and that I should not take anyone with me, not even a translator. The time assigned to me was 7 pm. I replied that I would definitely be invited by His Excellency at the appointed hour.
Before I report to Khozrev, it would not be a bad idea to first introduce him to my readers. “To do this, I will borrow from Mr. Basili a very well-made description; I could not add or subtract anything from it: it is so true ().
`Khozrev-Pash for eighty ft; but the redness and fierce blush on the wrinkles of his face, the restless liveliness of his gaze, and the beard sticking out in a pointed tuft, produce the most unpleasant impression when you look at him. He limps, stands terribly awkwardly on a horse, and sits in a kogi, a Turkish carriage, not made of resin, upholstered on the outside with red cloth, in which only women usually sit.
(°) Lakes of Constantinople, Mr. Baznai. They say that he brings abundant offerings to Bacchus, and this is confirmed by the color of his face. He is Georgian; born in Hrpetlan law; In his youth he was a slave of the Serailles, together with the glorious Hussein, and became friends with him. When Hussein was made Captain Pasha, he remembered his old comrade and took him as his secretary. For 10 too levt he occupied the Egilet pashalik; then he constantly remained in high positions, and was always loved by the Court, despite all its upheavals. This earned him the reputation of a thoughtful politician. Under Mahmud he was six years Captain of Ours; Fortunately, just before the opening of the Greek War, the intrigues of his enemies deprived him of this event, in which, perhaps, he would have taken off into the air from the fire ships of Canaris. In the most disgrace, he received the Trebizondeyu pashalik.
Mahmud, at the beginning of his transformation, surrounded the throne with people distinguished by experience and intelligence; Khozrev was once again made Capital Pasha. The Battle of Sachos, glorious for the Greek sailors, seemed to overshadow his military glory; but Khozrev came up with a remedy. restore his reputation: he stopped with the Fleet in the Dardanelles, and began to introduce strict discipline; every day they fucked me to death, choked me. and they drowned the people; With this he frightened the Turks so much that everyone proclaimed him an excellent Admiral. The far-sighted Khozrev foresaw the consequences of the London Treaty, with the stubbornness of Mahmud, and in 1827 he begged the Sultan to dismiss him from this position, due to poor health and old age. The Turks, the name, as we said, is the highest concept of Khozrev’s military talents, attributed the Navarino misfortune to the fact that he was not the commander of the FLEET.
From the time he was appointed Seraskir, or Military Governor-General of the capital and commander-in-chief of the regular troops, he showed himself to be one of those people in whom activity grows with age. He is famous for his genial thoughts, which are born in his head under the most difficult circumstances. The mob grumbled and the Divan feared a revolt of the Janissary party. Seraskir announced that he was going to punish the violators of public peace; he sent the chaushes, and followed them himself. Having scoured the streets, he seized up to three hundred people whom Phys1onouyi seemed suspicious to him, and indiscriminately ordered them to be strangled, as an example to others! I don’t know what it will seem like to lovers of justice? But if you ask Khozrev, he will tell you that in this way the calm ones are preserved and the indignant ones are prevented. Seraskir's heart hardens over the years: he is completely indifferent to blood; however, he does not shed it with a swarthy thirst, like other Pashas, but only when it is necessary according to his calculations.
Seraskir, with his cheerful and amiable disposition, won the special favor of Mahmud; in private, the Sultan simply and freely jokes with the old man Seraskir, but at the same time, he emphasizes his intelligence, his devotion, his jealousy for the reformers, 1 more bolfe, it seems, the high opinion of him is less 'Turokz, who Part G. 45 say that they do not always serve me in the Divan - view of KhZhKhozrev.
Seraskir is an irreconcilable enemy of Mohammed-Ali and Ibrahim; this hatred even more strongly binds him to the Sultan, and doubles his strength in the present promises. Many times and for a long time now, he had been given the task of getting rid of Mohammed-Ali by means common to the Turks; but he did not succeed, because Mohammed-Ali was always with him on guard, in the presence of his friendly gestures.