Note 193 — A NARRATIVE OF ITALIAN TRAVELS IN PERSIA.
Eugene Armand Roy translation
Otranto was taken by the Turks in 1480, under Achmet Pasha, who embarked at Vallona in Macedonia, and ravaged a great part of Apulia; but, being called away to join Mahomet in his wars in Asia, the Turkish garrison, after holding the place for a year, surrendered at discretion to Alfonso, Duke of Calabria.—Knolles, Hist. of the Turks, p. 433.