III. Mehmet died in 1603. The throne is ready for Ahmed. Anastasia is kidnapped from country by Nasuh Pasa. Mustafa said ''I won't kill my brother.'' Anastasia meets Alex. At the end of the first section Anastasia meets Sultan Ahmed.
Though Sultan Ahmet's throne ceremony is cut short due to the revolting times of the rebellions, Safiye Sultan arranges many gifts for the new emperor. Out of all glitzy, luxury, charming gifts Ahmet picks a Venetian portrait of a villager girl feeding a lamb. How did this Venetian portrait end up in the throne room?—Victorydawn Pictures