Esther Handali (died 18 or 19 December 1588 ) was a Jewish Ottoman businesswoman. She was the influential favorite and Kira (business agent) of Nurbanu...

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"Kira", Esther Handali. She corresponded with the French queen Catherine de' Medici. It is understood that Nurbanu Sultan used the kira Esther Handali, who...

Tahmasp I Shah of Iran and in 1549 to Sigismund II Augustus of Poland . Esther Handali acted as her secretary and intermediary on several occasions. Aside...

Sultan, although Esther Handali could also have been this kira. Her later career may overlap somewhat with the early career of Esther Handali.[citation needed]...

other. Esperanza Malchi, in particular, has often been confused with Esther Handali, who had a similar position to her and was active at the same time....

is portrayed by Turkish actress Dolunay Soysert. Benvenida Abrabanel Esther Handali Esperanza Malchi Rüstem Pasha Nurbanu Sultan Solomon H. P. and Leone...

November 1 – Jean Daurat, French poet and scholar (b. 1508) December 19 – Esther Handali, Ottoman businessperson December 23 – Henry I, Duke of Guise, French...

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

November 1 – Jean Daurat, French poet and scholar (b. 1508) December 19 – Esther Handali, Ottoman businessperson December 23 – Henry I, Duke of Guise, French...

businessman who served as a spy for Sultan Selim II in Portuguese India Esther Handali, Jewish-Spanish businesswoman who was a financial advisor to Sultan...

attaining important titles such as Pasha and Kaymakam. Jewish businesswoman Esther Handali (often confused with Esperanza Malchi), both of whom were financial...

and his mother, the new Valide Sultan Safiye. Beatrice was an ally of Esther Handali, while she was a rival of Esperanza Malchi, who promoted an anti-Venetian...

Eskenazi, Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and Jewish businesswoman Esther Handali, the Valide Sultan ("Queen Mother") Nurbanu Sultan convinced his son...

successfully regaining his collection, he settled in Constantinople where Esther Handali and Joseph Nasi supported his efforts to amass manuscripts. Most of...