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A depiction of Zaffira (named on p. 645 of the source), said to be one of the wives of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I, with a servant boy. (page preview here: 644267 )

Zaffira and her son Osman (illustrated in a separate engraving: see below) were on a Turkish ship that was part of a convoy sailing from Constantinople to Alexandria and carrying a number of pilgrims bound for Mecca, which was attacked by the Knights Hospitaller of Malta during the Action of 28 September 1644.

Unknown author. - [1]; originally from Johann Peter Lotichius; Matthaeus Merian (1707) Theatri Europaei Fünffter Theil / Das ist: Außführliche Beschreibung Aller Denckwürdigen Geschichten. Die sich in Europa, Als Hoch- und Nieder-Teutschland / Franckreich / Hispanien / Jtalien / Groß-Britannien / Dennemarck / Schweden / Polen / Moscaw / Böhmen / Hungarn / Siebenbürgen / Wallachey / Moldaw: Jn der Türckey und Barbarey ... vom Jahr 1643. biß ins 1647. Jahr / allerseits begeben und verlauffen [Theatrum Europaeum [Theatre of Europe], Fifth Part / That is: A Detailed Description of All Significant Events in Europe, that is, Upper and Lower Germany / France / Spain / Italy / Great Britain / Denmark / Sweden / Poland / Muscovy / Bohemia / Hungary / Transylvania / Wallachia / Moldova: but also in Turkey and the Barbary Coast ... that Occurred and Transpired Everywhere from the Year 1643 to the Year 1647], Frankfurt: Andreä; Merian OCLC: 551856324.