Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 6, 2025
Selim was at this time in Egypt, where he had just completed the conquest of the Mamelukes, and thither did Hadj-Hossein repair. He laid at the feet of the conqueror the respectful homage of the King of Algiers, who, he assured Selim, desired nothing better than to become the vassal of the Commander of the Faithful.
A less wise man than Kheyr-ed-Din might have assumed a note of equality from one Moslem potentate to another, but the corsair was perfectly conscious of his limitations he knew exactly how the Grand Turk could be useful to him, and he was not going to mar his chance by the display of an untimely arrogance. Hadj-Hossein proved himself to be a tactful and successful ambassador.
For this important service his choice fell upon one of his captains, Hadj-Hossein by name, and to him he imparted all that he was to say, and what was almost as important what he was not to say. The duty of the ambassador was to magnify the importance of his master, but to do so in such a manner that the Padishah was not to imagine that a rival to his own greatness had arisen at Algiers.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking