Documents on Lord Byron's Visit to the Grand Mosques in Istanbul.

The article explores the documents made available for research by the General Directorate of State Archives in Turkey on Lord Byron's visit to the grand mosques in Istanbul. Topics discussed include Lord Byron's description of the historical buildings in Istanbul in a letter written for his mother, Robert Adair's petition for Sultan Mahmud II's permission to admit the Ambassador and his guests into the mosques, and the Ambassador's departure from Turkey after obtaining the permission.