Suleiman Had His Closest Friend Strangled at Dinner
Ottoman Empire

Suleiman Had His Closest Friend Strangled at Dinner

An Ottoman grand vizier was strangled on a Tuesday morning because he'd been too honest in a letter, and his death changed the course of an entire century.

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