Joseph Nasi

Joseph Nasi (1524–1579) was a financier born to a Marrano family in Portugal who fled the Inquisition with his aunt Gracia Mendes Nasi. They reached the Ottoman capital in 1554, and his backing of Selim II against the rival Bayezid made him a leading diplomat.

He was appointed lord of Tiberias to resettle Jews there, but the project largely failed. Selim later made him Duke of Naxos. After Selim's death he lost influence, but he kept his titles.