Suleiman pasha noticed Mustafa's tears:
-Apparently,you were sold by your own father,right?
-Yes,governor.As I promised your envoy,from now on,I will entrust Davut to you.
-With great pleasure!I will become his teacher.He will learn horseriding,archery abd swordsmanship.Mamluk soldiers learn Quran,Arabic,Ottoman Turkish and Persian from early age.I am the head instructor of the mamluk barracks called tibaq.Davut will be living with these and other boys in the military residence.They will be eating,fighting,learning and sleeping together in several rooms.In short,they will be training in order to become skillful warriors.Whoever fails to pass the military exam,will be excluded from the mamluk military residence.These ones will become my personal servants,cooks or messengers.In other words,they will become completely deprived of military affairs.As the headmaster of tibaq,I took self-responsibility to maintain military discipline.Now,boys,let's eat and then I will personally lead you towards the barracks.I will make you take a look at every part of tibaq.And,sir Mustafa,I will make the cooks prepare Circassian dishes just for you and your daughter,in case Davut succeeds in military skills and exams.Now,would you like to eat your native meals or Georgian dishes you have never tasted?
-To be honest,I truly feel like eating Georgian dishes.Let me taste every meal with small amounts.
-Please taste them and let me know how they are.
Mustafa tasted Khinkali first and he was stunned by its amazing juicy taste.He ate 2 Khinkalis.Then,he ate 1 piece of Khahapuri and 1 piece of Lobiani.He liked them a lot.Then,he tasted 3 teaspoons of Ghomi with 1 slice of cheese and nut sauce.He liked it too.Lastly,he ate half Churchkhela.
-How are they,sir Mustafa?
-Genuinely fabulous!I have never tasted anything like these neither in Circassia nor in Istanbul.I am speechless!
-I am delighted,that you liked them.-Suleiman smiled at Mustafa.
In the meantime,the boys were also eating.Soon,everyone was done eating.Suleiman told them to get up and follow him to the barracks.He ordered Rifat to come along with them.
They soon passed by the governor's residence and reached the military barracks next to the palace.As soon as the boys entered,they spotted,that this place consisted of several rooms around the vast square.They saw arches,arrows and swords above this square.There was the long fortification around the square and rooms.The entire place was brown.