The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Balthi Ogli
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 295
A naval commander whose wounded eye tells the story of defeat at sea, his presence marked by both the authority of his rank and the visible consequences of failure.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult military age
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 295
- Books
- 1
Balthi Ogli, also called Captain Bashaw, served as a Turkish admiral of Bulgarian origin during the Ottoman period. After suffering defeat in a naval battle where he was wounded in the eye, he faced the sultan's wrath and was publicly punished by being beaten with a golden rod while held to the ground by four slaves, receiving one hundred strokes as punishment for his failure.
Description
A Turkish naval commander of Bulgarian origin bearing a distinctive wound to his eye from battle. His appearance reflects both his military rank and the physical consequences of defeat, with the bearing of an admiral who has known both authority and its terrible price.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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