Lexicographical Neighbors of Selictar
Literary usage of Selictar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832 by James Ellsworth De Kay (1833)
"Proposition to establish a Turkish Newspaper—Speculations—Death of the selictar
Agha—Coronation of .Sultan—Decapitation of a Malefactor— Placard declaring ..."
2. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"selictar. A Turkish sabre. Tt SELL, to give for a price; the word correlative to
buy. Hence to buy and sell o mmission*. ..."
3. A Residence at Constantinople: During a Period Including the Commencement by Robert Walsh (1836)
"... of Capitan Pasha—selictar Aga. BEFORE we left Chalki, we carried into effect a
... selictar ..."
4. The Spirit of the East by David Urquhart (1839)
"If it is so, we will hear of a simultaneous attack upon Janina by the party of
selictar Poda. To him there remains behind this a double game. ..."
5. The Spirit of the East: Illustrated in a Journal of Travels Through Roumeli by David Urquhart (1838)
"The difference betwixt the party of selictar Poda and Veli Bey is entirely ...
Veli Bey's feud with selictar Poda made him a fit instrument for the designs ..."
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