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Updated: June 1, 2025
The closed gates are torn asunder; and Taher Pacha's Armenians and Mohammed Ali's Albanians run with savage cries into the house. "I have no money!" cries the defterdar, with pale, trembling lips. "Where are your books, your accounts? We will take you, together with your books, to our general." "Do so, do so!" groaned the defterdar, pointing to his books. "Take me, with my books, to Taher Pacha."
The soldiers answered their general's words with a fierce roar; when this at last subsided, he continued: "The viceroy says the defterdar is to pay you that you must look to him. Let us do so, soldiers! Let us compel him to pay!" "Yes, be shall pay us!" cried they; and the wild masses again rushed to the house of the defterdar.
Only my men shall at least know where I have gone, that is all. Come!" With a haughty smile, the defterdar following, he descended the broad stairway of his palace, and cordially greeted the soldiers standing about the gateway, who received him with shouts of joy. "Be patient, my friends, I entreat you, be patient, and await my return. I will return in an hour; wait here for me that long.
The uproar in the streets, the shouting of the soldiers as they greeted their friends, announced to the viceroy what had taken place. And in great wrath he learned from the defterdar, who came running to the viceroy in despair, that his fears were only too well founded. Yes, it was as he expected.
For the second time they fiercely demanded money, and called for the defterdar with such savage cries that he was compelled to show himself. Deathly pale, and trembling in every limb, he came out upon the balcony of the second story, bowed in every direction, and begged the soldiers to listen to him. The uproar subsided for a moment.
The "Tiger" Defterdar Ahmed built it, for that beautiful Tigress, Princess Zohra, favourite daughter of Mohammed Ali, who married her off to the fierce soldier when she became too troublesome at home. Zohra had loved a young Irish officer who was murdered for her sake, and had no true affection to give Ahmed or any other.
"I am going up to the citadel to the viceroy, in your interests. Wait patiently for an entire hour," repeated Mohammed. He then mounts his horse and rides up to the citadel. The defterdar has hardly had time to convey the warning to the viceroy: "Do not detain him here too long, highness. If he remains here longer than an hour, his soldiers will come up here after him in open revolt.
It appeared from these documents that the founder of the Hátszegi family, the great grandfather of the present baron, was one Mustafa, who had been a Defterdar at Stamboul, and had used his unrivalled opportunities for making money so well that he found it expedient to fly from Jassy to Transylvania, where he made haste to get baptized and naturalized.
"Have pity on your defterdar, highness. The soldiers have broken into his house, and he is in their power. Help me! Subdue the revolt by paying the soldiers!" Cousrouf received this intelligence with wrath. "Are all the devils let loose? Hardly have I been compelled to liberate this insolent woman, when I am defied by rebellious soldiers.
The Nubian returned and announced that a revolt had broken oat among Taber Pacha's soldiers. They had gone to the citadel, and savagely demanded their pay. The viceroy had received a deputation sent by them, and told them to go to the defterdar, and demand payment of him in the viceroy's name.
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