Caprice and Rondo (12 page)

Brother Ostafi of the Trinity Monastery of St Sergius

Brother Gubka of the same

Marco Rosso, Grand Duke Ivan’s envoy to Persia

Persia

Uzum Hasan, prince of the Turcoman Horde of the White Sheep, and chief ruler in Persia

Theodora, his wife, daughter of John, Emperor of Trebizond, and aunt of Caterino Zeno’s wife Violante

Hadji Mehmet, legate of Uzum Hasan

Tartars

Mengli-Girey, Khan of the Crim Horde, Qirq-yer

Karaï Mirza, his constable

Eminek, brother of Mamak, the late Tudun (Tartar Governor) of Caffa

Sertak, son of the widow of Mamak

Akhmat (Mohammed), Khan of the Golden Horde, Saray

Ottoman Turks

Sultan Mehmet II of Istanbul/Constantinople

Gedik Ahmed Pasha, his Grand Vizier

Cairo

Sultan Qayt Bey, Circassian Mameluke

Father Lorenzo, Greek Orthodox steward and Treasurer of the monastery of St Catherine’s, Mount Sinai