Şehzade Bayezid
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Şehzade Bayezid was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and Hürrem Sultan.
An Ottoman miniature showing Bayezid (left) with his father Suleiman I
Bayezid's circumcision, 1539
Detail from a kemha ceremonial kaftan with saz pattern made for Şehzade Bayezid. Topkapı Palace Museum
An Ottoman miniature showing Suleiman cursing Bayezid
Garrote
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A garrote or garrotte, or garrote vil, is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person.
Şehzade Bayezid
…handed over by Tahmasp and executed in the environs of the Safavid capital Qazvin by the Ottoman executioner, Ali Aqa Chavush Bashi, through the way of garrotting. They were laid to rest in Sivas. Bayezid's supporters within the Ottoman territories faced pursuit, with consequences ranging from punishment, including…
From the torture museum of Freiburg im Breisgau
In this 15th-century depiction of the burning of Albigensians after an auto da fé, the condemned had been garrotted previously. It is one of the first depictions of a garrotte. Pedro Berruguete, Saint Dominic Presiding over an Auto-da-fé.
Execution by garrotte in Spain
Execution by garrotte of a murderer in Barcelona