Handan Sultan

1570–1605

fourth Valide Sultan of Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1605

valide sultan · slave

Born in Sanjak of Bosnia

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• Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603)
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
• Johannes Kepler (1572–1630)
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• Akbar (1542–1605)

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