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'''[[File:97254_v1.jpg|thumb]]~~Souflikar~~''' was the personal executioner of Mahomet IV during the Ottoman Empire and killed up to three people every day for five years - he killed ~~in total of 5,000~~ people and the ~~most~~ horrific aspect of his "career" is he never used any instruments of torture and death to do so: he personally strangled each and every victim to death with his bare hands.

'''[[File:97254_v1.jpg|thumb]]'''Soulfikar''' was the personal executioner of Mahomet IV during the Ottoman Empire<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=JZxMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA546&dq=Soulfikar+executioner&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Sn8iVamgBMLaPdybgRA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Soulfikar%20executioner&f=false

History of the Ottoman Turks]

</ref> and killed up to three people every day for five years - he killed at least 4000 people and threw their bodies into the Bosphorus.<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=JZxMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA546&dq=Soulfikar+executioner&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Sn8iVamgBMLaPdybgRA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Soulfikar%20executioner&f=false

The Passing of the Turkish Empire in Europe]

</ref> A horrific aspect of his "career" is that he never used any instruments of torture and death to do so: he personally strangled each and every victim to death with his bare hands.

As if this was not terrifying enough, if the condemned was a Grand Vizier, it was the custom for Ottoman executioners to race the victims across the royal gardens to the place of execution - if the Grand Vizier won, he would be banished instead of being executed<ref><nowiki>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ottoman-empires-life-or-death-race-164064882/?no-ist The Ottoman Empire’s Life-or-Death Race]</nowiki></ref>: yet Soufliker never lost a race and still had the strength to strangle every victim he beat at the race.

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-'''[[File:97254_v1.jpg|thumb]]Souflikar''' was the personal executioner of Mahomet IV during the Ottoman Empire and killed up to three people every day for five years - he killed in total of 5,000 people and the most horrific aspect of his "career" is he never used any instruments of torture and death to do so: he personally strangled each and every victim to death with his bare hands.
+'''[[File:97254_v1.jpg|thumb]]'''Soulfikar''' was the personal executioner of Mahomet IV during the Ottoman Empire<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=JZxMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA546&dq=Soulfikar+executioner&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Sn8iVamgBMLaPdybgRA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Soulfikar%20executioner&f=false
+History of the Ottoman Turks]
+</ref> and killed up to three people every day for five years - he killed at least 4000 people and threw their bodies into the Bosphorus.<ref>[https://books.google.de/books?id=JZxMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA546&dq=Soulfikar+executioner&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Sn8iVamgBMLaPdybgRA&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Soulfikar%20executioner&f=false
+The Passing of the Turkish Empire in Europe]
+</ref> A horrific aspect of his "career" is that he never used any instruments of torture and death to do so: he personally strangled each and every victim to death with his bare hands.
 As if this was not terrifying enough, if the condemned was a Grand Vizier, it was the custom for Ottoman executioners to race the victims across the royal gardens to the place of execution - if the Grand Vizier won, he would be banished instead of being executed<ref><nowiki>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ottoman-empires-life-or-death-race-164064882/?no-ist The Ottoman Empire’s Life-or-Death Race]</nowiki></ref>: yet Soufliker never lost a race and still had the strength to strangle every victim he beat at the race.