the Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar

Family: Turks · Role: vizier · First appears: Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2

In Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch, the Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar implored the Vizier of Tyoopria not to behead Stephan Yakshitch, offering twice Stephan’s weight in golden ducats as ransom. His friend accepted, delivering Stephan from death a second time, but at Novi Bazar the Grand Vizier ordered his servant Hoossein to shut Stephan in the twelfth donjon. Stephan remained imprisoned for half a year, until the vizier took pity on him.

The Grand Vizier summoned his only daughter Haykoona and sent her to offer Stephan a potion intended to make him forget his faith, embrace Islam, and marry her. He instructed Hoossein to bring Stephan the bottle, saying, “Take thou this dearly bought prisoner, and conduct him through the donjons, until thou comest to the twelfth; there leave him and shut the twelve doors behind thee carefully, so that he shall see neither the sun nor the moon.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar implored the Vizier of Tyoopria not to behead Stephan and offered twice his weight in golden ducats as ransom.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 1 · 📍 Tyoopria)
  • With: the Vizier of Tyoopria Stephan Yakshitch
  • “The Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar came to the Vizier of Tyoopria and implored him not to behead the young man.”
• The Vizier of Tyoopria accepted his friend the Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar's offer of ransom, and Stephan was delivered from death a second time.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: the Vizier of Tyoopria Stephan Yakshitch
  • “The Vizier of Tyoopria agreed to his friend's offer and Stephan was thus a second time delivered from death.”
• At Novi Bazar the Grand Vizier had his servant Hoossein shut Stephan in the twelfth donjon, where he remained for half a year.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2 · 📍 Novi Bazar)
  • With: Hoossein Stephan Yakshitch
  • “Hoossein did as he was commanded, and Stephan remained a prisoner for half a year, when the vizier took pity on him.”
• The Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar sent his only daughter Haykoona to offer Stephan a potion intended to make him forget his faith and marry her.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: Haykoona
  • “Take ye these to the lowest serais and open the twelve doors, closing carefully each of them in turn after thee. When thou comest to Prince Stephan give him this wonderful bottle. He will surely bathe his face with its contents and drink: then he will forget his faith, embrace Islam and marry thee!”

Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2

• child: Haykoona “Summoning his only daughter Haykoona, he said to her: “My darling daughter, my pure gold! Hearken to thy father's words!”
• servant: Hoossein “Arriving at Novi Bazar the vizier summoned his servant Hoossein.”
• with Stephan Yakshitch (The vizier imprisons Stephan.) “Take thou this dearly bought prisoner, and conduct him through the donjons, until thou comest to the twelfth; there leave him and shut the twelve doors behind thee carefully, so that he shall see neither the sun nor the moon.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII). Made with Rho MD.