Esperanza Malchi also spelled Malk or Malkhi (died 1 April 1600) was a Jewish Ottoman businesswoman. She was the influential favorite and Kira (business...

the Philippines Esperanza Guisán, Spanish philosopher Esperanza Malchi (died 1600), economic agent of the Valide Sultan Safiye Esperanza Martinez (1934–1998)...

endured as a valide sultan stemmed from her reliance on her kira, Esperanza Malchi. A kira was a non-Muslim woman (typically Jewish) who acted as an intermediary...

1533) March 20 – Gustaf Banér, Swedish noble (b. 1547) April 1 – Esperanza Malchi, Ottoman businessperson April – Thomas Deloney, English writer (b....

Marco Venier to inform him that she was working to counter Esperanza Malchi, and that Malchi was promoting an alliance between Austria and the Ottoman...

Turkish actress Dolunay Soysert. Benvenida Abrabanel Esther Handali Esperanza Malchi Rüstem Pasha Nurbanu Sultan Solomon H. P. and Leone Leoni A. Mendes...

other. Esther Handali, in particular, has often been confused with Esperanza Malchi. When she first entered the harem is unknown, but she may have been...

favorites. The most famous kiras were Strongilah, Esther Handali and Esperanza Malchi, but there were likely kiras whose name was not preserved. In 1622...

Sultan. He was the younger brother of Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha Esperanza Malchi, Jewish-Italian businesswoman who was the Kira (business agent) of...

Safiye Sultan, queen mother of the royal harem and her kiva, the Jewish Esperanza Malchi. There was much fascination with the Islamic world in England at the...

Kaymakam. Jewish businesswoman Esther Handali (often confused with Esperanza Malchi), both of whom were financial advisors to Murad III, was on her way...

1533) March 20 – Gustaf Banér, Swedish noble (b. 1547) April 1 – Esperanza Malchi, Ottoman businessperson April – Thomas Deloney, English writer (b....