text:  Seized in the midst of the night of September 3 1651 by the eunuchs whom her rival had gained Kiosem was strangled (according to a report preserved by Evliya) with the braids of her own long hair; and the sultan was exhibited at daybreak by the grand-vizir Siawush-Pasha to the people who thronged round the palace on the rumour of this domestic tragedy to assure them of the personal safety of their youthful sovereign