Sent him his head for a present
"Süleyman and Selim demanded Bayezid’s rendition. Finally, in 1561 Shah Tahmasp agreed, and an Ottoman delegation was sent to Qazvin, where Bayezid and his four sons were handed over and summarily garrotted the moment they left the city in July 1562. An appalled Jenkinson reported that with Bayezid ‘being slain according to the Turk’s will, the Sophy sent him his head for a present, not a little desired, and acceptable to the unnatural father [Bayezid's father]’." (Jerry Brotton, This Orient Isle- Elizabethan England and the Islamic World)
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alibey1917 I couldn't figure the emphasized phrase out, can you help me? That is Elizabethan English, quoting Jenkinson. It is a challenge to read such stuff for any modern English-speaker.
- alibey1917 I couldn't figure the emphasized phrase out, can you help me?
- That is Elizabethan English, quoting Jenkinson.
- It is a challenge to read such stuff for any modern English-speaker.
- The Sophy is a sort of Persian viceroy.
- I guess Suleyman is the Turk.
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alibey1917I couldn't figure the emphasized phrase out, can you help me?
That is Elizabethan English, quoting Jenkinson. It is a challenge to read such stuff for any modern English-speaker.
The Sophy is a sort of Persian viceroy. I guess Suleyman is the Turk. The Sophy had Bayezid's head cut off and sent to Suleyman as a gift. "Not a little desired" is
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