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page 116th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
Hürrem Sultan
Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
29º Ottoman Grand Vizier (1493-1536)
Nurbanu Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1583
Jean de Valette Parisot
nobleman from Quercy, having belonged to the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem of which he was Grand Prior of Saint-Gilles (Langue de Provence) from 1556 to 1557 then Grand Master from 1557 to 1568
Hafsa Sultan
First Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1534

Safiye Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603

Mahidevran Hatun
Mahidevran Hatun (; – 3 February 1581) also known as Gülbahar Hatun, (, meaning "spring rose"), was a concubine of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire and the mother of Şehzade Mustafa.

Handan Sultan
fourth Valide Sultan of Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1605

Halime Sultan
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1617–1618, 1622–1623)
Rüstem Paşa
Ottoman statesman (14..–1561)

Lala Kara Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman General and Grand Vizier (1500-1580)
Kara Ahmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

Lutfi Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Ayas Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman Grand Vizier
Gülfem Hatun
Hostess of Suleiman the Magnificent's harem
Hadım Süleyman Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier (1467–1547)
Sinan the Great
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1580–82, 1589–91, 1593–95, 1595–96)
Kılıç Ali Paşa
Occhiali (born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni; – 21 June 1587), also known as Uluj Ali, was an Italian privateer and admiral who served as the commander of the Regency of Algiers and Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman fleet.
Gülbahar Hatun
Concubine of Bayezid II and mother of Selim I
Semiz Ali Paşa
Ottoman statesman
Müezzinzade Ali Paşa
Ottoman governor and admiral
Yunus Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1517)
Hadim Sinan Pasha
Ottoman politician (1459-1517)
Damat Ibrahim Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1596, 1596–1597, 1599–1601)
Kuyucu Murad Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier (1530–1611)
Bülbül Hatun
Concubine of Bayezid II
Hadim Mesih Pasha
Ottoman governor
Hadim Ali Pasha
Ottoman governor of Rumelia, Grand Vizier, and leader of the Ottoman army in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491
Ferhad Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier (1530–1595)
Hadım Hasan Pasha
Ottoman Grand Vizier
Maria Bohuslavka
Legendary heroine
Şirin Hatun
Concubine of Bayezid II
Gülruh Hatun
Consort of Bayezid II
Kemankeş Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman military officer and statesman
Koca Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier
Hüsnüşah Hatun
Concubine of Bayezid II

Yahya bey Dukagjini
Ottoman poet and military figure (1498-1582)

Ferhad Pasha Sokolović
Pasha of Bosnia
Hasan Agha
Ottoman regent of Algiers from 1533 to 1545

Muhtereme Ferahşad Hatun
Concubine of Bayezid II

Canfeda Hatun
Hostess of Ottoman Sultan Murad III's harem
Feridun Ahmed Bey
influential Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer,

Hassan Veneziano
Ottoman kapudan pasha and statesman of Italian descent (1544–1591)
Andronikos Kantakouzenos
Greek private banker
Raziye Hatun
lady-in-waiting (musahibe) to Sultan Murad III of the Ottoman Empire
Arnaude de Rocas
Cypriot
Beylerbeyi event
1589 mutiny
Malkoč-beg
Ottoman soldier and statesman
Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha
Ottoman governor of Diyarbekir, Bosnia and Egypt