Nadir Agha's struggle for survival, which began in Africa and continued in the Ottoman palace, contributes a particular story and aids our understanding of slavery under the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, studies of eunuchs and musâbih (royal companions) represent another lacuna, requiring further attention by Ottomanists (Toledano, 1984). ${ }^{5}$ The pioneer of slavery studies in the Ottoman Empire, Ehud R. Toledano, underscores the research potential of biographies despite their filtered nature. He underscores the importance of these accounts as windows into the lives of the enslaved. For instance, their lives in Africa and their capture still represent gaps in studies of enslavement under the Ottoman Empire, which need to be researched and explored (Toledano, 2007, p. 57).