In the second part of his memoir, rather than mentioning himself, he presents his observations about events occurring around him. He acknowledges the Sultan's political stand from his own perspective. It should be noted that one common point throughout his narrative is that he views himself as a loyal subject of his master and remembers the latter with great respect. An apologetic attitude regarding enslavement in Islamic societies has not been an uncommon phenomenon. In his narrative, it would not be wrong to speculate that Nadir Agha creates his own defensive position by creating a tie of loyalty with his former master since 'reattachment was no less important to enslaved Africans, who were brutally detached from their kin groups on the continent and transplanted into an alien milieu, socially and culturally so different from the environment they had grown up in' (Toledano, 2007, p. 31). While evaluating his narrative we should keep in mind that that these people were deracinated and kinless and needed to imagine ties in order to cope with trauma of their enslavement.  
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[^0]:    22 BOA: İ.TAL, 96, 58; İ.TAl, 135, 79; İ.TAL, 208,11; İ.TAL, 227, 36,
23 The visit must have taken place in 1907 since I found a document in the archive concerning the expenditures of his stay in Pera Palace. (BOA-BEO/3184/238773 and BOA- BEO/3232/242326)