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All is going to plan. The Janissaries have agreed to our paying of 1,000,000 akce, and they will escort us to the palace, where InshAllah we will ascend the throne, and with I as regent to my son Bayezid. Sultan Ahmed will be either killed or permanently kept in the Kaffes. I would prefer the latter. - [valide] Hande Sultan

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Time for action, Hande Sultana told her servants as she had her clothes packed. Get ready for Topkapi palace. The time is ours. Hande wore a beautiful blue and gold lace dress with the tulip necklace, symbol of the dynasty, under a royal blue velvet coat-dress. She wore a gold crown and her emerald earrings, and shined like the sun.