Ottoman Empire
- Thousands of Christian crusaders (1396) – Executed by Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I after the Battle of Nicopolis in retaliation of the executions of thousands of Muslim soldiers fighting to conquer Christian lands
- Ali Pasha (1822) – Shot and beheaded by order of Sultan Mahmud II
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