Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-31

lfrusA TIE Tai A1n Gazsffe
and bow are the sultans hprtass.
esked. "I viii tell YOU WAS the r...,.
what was told me oy Turk amons T5rss
one who knew and would tell the trath.
Ihe deso 81 tans have always hcea buries
Lie cogs. The great thing Ia tn get rid alto-
gether OF the Idea OF dead sultan; for never
WIS there people among whom l. 80 liter
ally carried out the Idea that lie rot ne
meurt pas When IL is quite certain that a
sultan s about 10 die, those round him
hardly walt FOR the breath 70 leave the body.
homage 20 the new occupant OF the Throne.
Then follows an odd arrangement. An
homage Is due 20 the living sovereign;
nothing must interfere with that not
even the corpse OF the late sovereign. SO
one or two OF bis old servants only remain
WIN The body, and when 10 10 quite dead
tney roll 10 mp In straw mating and prop I'd
up behind the door OF his room, 90 be as
mucn out OF sight "a possible, and when
h ,k Islls IL Is carried out OF the palace and
coaches here, you see-but, then, they never
are used In Turkey; noelaborate preparation
io = me lsst resting place OF one slI-powerful
sultan Is nobody-his sacredness has de-
scenoeu 70 his successor. To him we turu
our inoogne; We osmsnlis GOULD not DO as
We should bewail at the sight, and thst
would De homogeneous with the rejoicing de-
msLoed OF as on the accession OF our new
sovereign, and would be displeaS.ns To hi m
Therefore the custom OF buryins the snlisns
In this manner has never been intersered
VIII; ard 10 ~ best So"
"But how are sraDdees buried In TarkeyP,
1 continued. "Ahip was the reply. ~ NV
self saw the funerals OF All PaSha Fuad
Fashs, and DJemil Pasta. so can make Won
nncersiand what the ordinary ceremony is
Al the burial OF person OF RANK. Neither
turkish ladies nor Turks ever wear mourn
log. That they dispense with. Let me tell
yon about the late Fusd Pashas funeral,
minister Tor foreign affairs. Well, he, You
Know, died ma Italy, and his body was
pIought bsck 10 Stamboul for burial. They
aug three different graves for him, because,
an ILePArlng me nrst, they came upon some
animal "a scorpion. believer, aud ~ was
thouent mat Turkish ground sacred I'm the
e!es OF turks would not receive the BODY
o. tum VINO had died among uubelieyers
The second grave was not quite completed
wnen they found water, aud again M was
Deneyed The earth In this way refused 20 let
such impeciments appeared and the grave
was aug on hill In stamboul, In a desolate
place on site once occupied By houses. aud
had been devastated by one or the great a res
so common In Constsntinole, and there
, were me ruins standing Out like pillars on
cortege 10 the burial placer asked n.
well, this is the manner OF Is First OF All
the body Is taken TO a mosque over
c ne sipi e. ootn9 OF cypress wood which
thrown, many sent by friends OF the dead
gsshs, some provided by his own household.
Inc snawls are very costly. Several pashas
procession goes on every one PUSHES forward
70 help 70 bear the coffin for a moment as
lhls is thought 10 be holy work. Imaums
wearing blue, green, or violet turbaus, ac-
cording 70 the school 70 which they belong
Walk before and after the body. At Fuad
fasha's funeral they walked four abreast,
IN green turosns, 70 escort the body TO the
mosque, chanting verses from the Koran.
me dead are always taken 20 a MOSQUE be-
lore burial, and there, after prayers recited
oy the lmaums, the pashas present spoke
DIS bier, as is the custom, and then
The mineral party started for the grave. The
route 70 II lay through the beautiful new
street OF Constantinopie, which is called the
fepi Sokak. There were lines OF Carriages
nlled with Turkish ladies IN bright colored
1eridgees, these ladies having waited there
since nine O'Clock, that morning, 10 see
me sight Among that multitude mingled,
dressed as Turk; and, as L understood
The Turkish language, L overheard much
OF the conversation and remarks OF the
crowd. A wooden railing only was placed
AT nrst round the grave. You see that a
paSha has the respect paid him of ceremo-
nlous burial; but, as for the sultans, Won
may depend on me when assure YOU that n
dead sultan Is got out OF sight as speeiIly
and quietly as possible.