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Also Known As Khiḍr • Khayr al-Dīn
Died 1546

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Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
Fernand Braudel
French historian and educator
Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Hobart Paşa
British naval captain
Kemal Atatürk
Kemal Atatürk
president of Turkey
Süleyman I
Süleyman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan
Bayezid II
Ottoman sultan
Köprülü Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier
Mimar Sinan: Mosque of Süleyman I the Magnificent
Sinan
Ottoman architect
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Roxelana
wife of Süleyman the Magnificent
Faisal I
Faisal I
king of Iraq
Mahmud II
Ottoman sultan
Kösem Sultan
Ottoman sultana
Celâl Bayar
president of Turkey
Abdülmecid I
Abdülmecid I
Ottoman sultan
Enver Paşa
Enver Paşa
Ottoman general
Selim III
Selim III
Ottoman sultan
İsmet İnönü
president of Turkey
Midhat Pasha
Midhat Pasha
Ottoman vizier

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