Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-04
A HUMAN TIGER.
The CrucIties CT "a Turk Whose Watch
Dog Was n Huge lion.

The CrucltIes CT Turk Whose Watch |
Dog Was n Huge lion.
OF the cruelty of the Turkish grandee. |
Defterdar Boy, who married the daughter |
Of Mohammed Ali, numerous anecdotes |
are related in Egypt. He had. it is said, |
q tame lion usually lying at the foot Of his F!
divan which, although mild towards It's |
master, was sufficiently ferocious to terri |
fy his visitors. Sometimes he allowed it
to worry his slaves, calling it off perhaps,
just as 1t was about to kill the wretches.
This savage, when Governor Of the del
ia, piqued himself on the simplicity and
primitivenes5 OF his manners and his en-
tire freedom from European habits and no
tions. During the period of his command
in the upper country a soldier robbed a
poor woman OF little milk. The woman,
not foreseeing the result, laid her COM
plant before the hey, who commanded her
to point out the culprit. This being done,
the soldier was ordered to be laid upon
the ground and his body ripped open. The
milk being found In his stomach. the hey
paid the complainant. and, Diminishing her,
observed:
The ro5ber he's been punished; but had
he been discovered to be innocent, the
YOU"
1t was the custom OF this barbarian, who
always moved surrounded by the terror Of
arms, to ride abroad accompanied by q
number OF mamelukes Tor domestic slaves),
each Of whom carried 1000 sequins in his
girdle that, should he be compelled to fly,
which, considering his hostility to the
pasha, was by no means improbable, he
| might still be provided with money for his
immediate use. During the Syrian CAM
paign six OF these young men, dreading
| the effects OF his ferocity, examples of
which they daily beheld, made their escape
and took refuge in Ibraham's camp.
Being discovered, however, they were
immediately apprehended and conveyed
back to Cairo. Here they were COM
manded to appear before their memorable
lord in the hall of the palace, where they
| found him surrounded by a number Of
blacks armed with drawn swords. They
were not long in learning their fate. He
| commanded them to take every man a
saber and attack each other in his pres
ence, until five of their number should
| fall, promising life and / 900 sequins to the
victor. The mamelukes appeared, ranged
| themselves three and three, and, having
| been trained to the use of arms and unit
ing skill and courage, fought desperately,
shedding their blood like water, while
Defterdar sat calmly on his divan enjoy
ing the spectacle.
At length after long and sanguinary
struggle only one remained the victor
over his unhappy companions. Elk hausted
and bleeding in every limb he raised his
i eyes to his master to receive the promised
pardon, but at this moment the hey gave
the nod to one of the black slaves who
stood behind the victim, and the head OF
the mameluke Immediately rolled along
the floor.
On another occasion two of his military
slaves Quarreling drew their swords in his
presence, at which his anger being kindled
he commanded their heads to be struck off,
The mamelukes, however, mind
full of the fate of their COM
panions, resolved to sell their lives
dearly, drew their pistols, and, aiming at
the head of the tyrant, were about to rid
the world Of such a monster, when the In.
terposition of others Of his slaves enabled
him to escape into the harem.
Reckless and desperate, knowing escape
to be impossible, the mamelukes, nov
joined by several others, who all haC
wrongs and insults to avenge, pursued
and besieged him in his private apart
ments, where, but for the speedy arriva
of party of soldiers from the citadel, ht
would have paid the forfeit of his innu
merable barbarities and crimes. With this
assistance he succeeded in repelling thu
assailants, who in their turn, were shu
up and besieged in one of the turrets o
the palace forming the powder maya
zine.
Here they held out several days, fight
Ing desperately, but at length finding tina
their number decreased, and being entirel,
| destitute of provisions, they set fire to tn
powder and blew themselves up with tn
tower in which they had taken refugee
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