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 | | In a loyal alliance with Sokollu Mehmed Paşa, she was an excellent ambassodress after Selim's death -- skilled in keeping the peace with enemies and renewing ties of friendship with Iran (1574), Venice (1575) and the Habsburgs (1577). |
 | | Sokollu was one of the first to envision a "grand enterprise in the form of a canal across the |
 | | When Sokollu fell out favor with powerful courtiers during the decadent reign of Murad III, his friends and proteges were first disgraced and then, one by one, executed. |
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