Isom-Verhaaren|165. Peirce, Imperial Harem, 61; Fisher, “Süleymân and His Sons,” 117–124.
. Peirce, Imperial Harem, 139–143.
. Navagero, “Relazione dell’Impero Ottomano,” 99.
. Ibid., 90; Necipoğlu, Age of Sinan, 297; Peirce, Imperial Harem, 76–77.
. Busbecq, Turkish Letters, 20.
. Navagero, “Relazione dell’Impero Ottomano,” 77.
. Peirce, Imperial Harem, 80–81; Necipoğlu, Age of Sinan, 191–207.
. Bostan, “The Establishment of the Province of Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid,” 250.
. Necipoğlu, Age of Sinan, 418.
. Katib Çelebi, “TuhfetüɆl-kibar fi esfariɆl-bihar,” 56a–56b.
. Necipoğlu, Age of Sinan, 193–194; Peirce, Imperial Harem, 79–86; Fisher, “Süleymân and
His Sons,” 117–124.
. Mihrimah, “Letter to Süleyman” (my translation). Since this is a handwritten letter and
Mihrimah appears to have been very agitated by this episode, her handwriting is difficult to
decipher.
. Necipoğlu, Age of Sinan, 45.
. Ibid., 301–305.
. Ibid., 302.
. Ibid.
. Ibid., 303; see also Peirce, Imperial Harem, 201.
. Necipoğlu, Age of Sinan, 304–305.
. Ibid., 416–421.
. Ibid., 317, 321, 323, 328.
. Ibid., 329.
. Ramazanzade, Tarih-i Nişancı Mehmed Paşa, 302–303, cited in ibid., 330.
. Ibid., 313.
. Ibid., 300.
. Ibid., 299.