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Due to the fact that they were several kiras working in the
Imperial Harem in parallel, and that they are seldom documented by name (the different kiras are normally referred to only as kira, kyra, or Kyra Jewess), it is difficult to identify individual kiras and separate them from each other. In
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As she is mentioned to have a room in the harem in 1541 and Hafsa died in 1534, Strongilah appears to have continued her career in the harem after Hafsa's death. She may have been the same unidentified
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1532, Hafsa Sultan sent a kira to act as a messenger to the
Venetian ambassador Pietro Zen, and while the personal name of the kira isn't mentioned, it was likely Strongilah.
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could also have been this kira. Her later career may overlap somewhat with the early career of Esther
Handali.
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businesswoman. She was the influential favorite and
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Ottoman Empire
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16:Jewish businesswoman in the Ottoman Empire
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217:Ottoman imperial harem
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20:Strongilah
44:Biography
70:merchant
113:charity
68:of her
93:slaves
78:luxury
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89:taxes
66:goods
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