23 APRIL 1910, Page 20

1HE SULTAN MUHAMMAD ' S ART CRITICISM. ITo THE EDITOR OF THE

"SPECTATOR."] SIB,—The name of the Sultan referred to in the letter on this subject which appeared in your issue of April 9th was not Mahmnd, but Mohammad II., the conqueror of Constantinople in the year 1463 A.D. Sultan Mahmud II. was the reforming Monarch who ascended the Ottoman throne in 1807. The two names are quite distinct, though naturally often confounded by Europeans, especially as the Turks commonly pronounce Muhammad as Mehemed. Four Sultans of the name of Muhammad, and two of the name of Ma.hmud, have sat on the

Turkish throne.—I am, Sir, &c., Faara.