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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER XII.

THE PHANARIOTS AND HOSPODARS OF WALLACHIA AND

MOLDAVIA.

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OBIGIN of the Phanariots

1

Early practice of the Porte in its intercourse with foreign

States

2

PANAYOTAKI, the first Greek Drogueman of the Divan 3

His birth and history ; singular circumstances of his

advancement .

4

His good fortune, and death

5

ALEXANDER MAVROCORDATO, his successor

6

New field of ambition opened to the Greeks by the

creation of the office of Drogueman to the Divan

7

Its privileges, revenue, and duties

9

General influence acquired by the Greeks after the ele-

vation of Panayotaki .

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HOSPODARIATS OF WALLACHIA AND MOLDAVIA

15

History of these provinces; the ancient Dacia, con-

quered by Trajan

16

Ceded to the Goths by Aurelian

ib.

Occupied by the Huns, the Gepidæ, and Lombards 17

Seized by the Avars, who are in turn expelled by the

Sclavi and Bulgarians

ib.

Overrun by the Tartars, and recovered by Rhaddo Negro
and Bogdan

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