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15,000 piastres a year. It lias three imaums, two kaims who look after the lamps, ten
softas or students in theology, who are instructed in the medrece. It is situated in the quarter
called Tcharclii, near the sea.

3. Kassoumiliie; formerly the church of St. Demetrius, adorned with more than sixty
marble columns, situated near the pasha’s palace, in the quarter of Eski Accapousi; turned
into a mosque by Sultan Bajazet, in the year 898 of the Hegira. Its revenue is 7,500 piastres.

4. Orta Sultan Osman djSmisi, commonly called Ortaji Effendi; formerly the church of
St. George, and called by travellers the Botonda. It was converted into a mosque by Ortaji
Effendi, a dervish belonging to the confraternity of Ilalveti dervishes.

5. Sankie djamisi; formerly the church of St. Panteleimonos, now in ruins. It was converted
into a mosque by Sultan Amurath Eethi.

6. Aktcha Medjed djamisi; an ancient Greek church, in the quarter of the same name;
converted by Sultan Amurath Eethi.

7. Karali djamisi; an old church in the same quarter as the preceding.

8. Satti djamisi; converted by Selim Pasha.

9. Aldja-Imaret, in the quarter of Yeni Hammam, formerly a church; converted into
a mosque by Sultan Amurath Eethi. The interior was covered with paintings, but they
are now whitewashed over.

10. Sarali djamisi; formerly the church of St. Elias. It is situated in the highest part
of the town, near the quarter called Eski Serai. This mosque, though small, is very rich.
It has for vakoof a village called Orta Iclikeni. There is a medrece for twenty softas
attached to it.

11. Soouk sou djamisi; formerly the church of the IToly Apostles; converted into a
mosque at the taking of the town. It has five cupolas, which give it a very picturesque effect.

12. Sofo Effendi djamisi; an ancient Greek church in the upper part of the town; not
very remarkable.

13. Iki-cherifch djamisi; a gallery with minarets, situated in the quarter with the same
name; anciently a church.

14. Kasandjilar djamisi (kettlemakers’ mosque); formerly the church of St. Bardias and
St. Mary, converted into a mosque by Amurath Eethi, in the year 832 of the Hegira; built in
September, A.D. 987. This mosque, one of the oldest in the town, has considerable vakoof
property, but it is nevertheless in a ruinous state.

15. Eattayeh djamisi; ancient church of Panagia; converted into a mosque by Sultan
Amurath.

In addition to these, there are twenty-three other mosques in the town, many of them
small, and comparatively of modern date.

We may add to this list the names of twenty-six churches built before the year 1430, of
which the sites have not been ascertained, that are mentioned in the Lives of the Saints, and
in the Menology of the Emperor Basil.

1. St. Andrew the Apostle.

2. St. Maria Odoglietria.

3. St. Nicholas.

4. St. Menas.

5. St. John Prodromus.

6. St. Chumnus.

7. St. Acatonius.

8. St. Philocalius.

9. SS. Agathope and Theodule.

10. St. Helicon.

11. St. Joseph.

12. St. Mark. 25. St. Porphyrus.

13. St. Matrona. 26. St. Thessalonica.

Eour of these no doubt still exist, and have been converted into mosques; but they have
not been identified.1

1 See Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 14 in the list. See also Tafel, Thessalonica, p. 150, et seq.

14. St. Alplieus.

15. St. Alexander.

16. St. Anysia.

17. St. Ambrose.

18. SS. Ananias and Azarius.

19. St. David

20. St. Dominus.

21. St. Eantinus.

22. St. Elorentius.

23. St. Nicephorus.