Suleyman the Magnificent: the 16th-century’s most powerful ruler?
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The Poison Gown
Voenicians were indispensable to any writer of the ottoman period. venetian ambassadors and a and other envoys would send reports that were extraordinarily detailed. So coming on now to limon as sultan, just how powerful is he? The idea of ah the all powerful, as opposed to the puppet in the hand the courtiers, is something that's absoluty fascinating to me.
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