1574 – c. 1595) was a Venetian spy who worked at Constantinople during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Murad III.
With their help, Chiara, renamed Chirana, managed to rise through the ranks and in 1574 became the personal servant of Nurbanu Sultan, wife of Selim II and mother of the newly ascended sultan, Murad III.
[1] Together with Esther Handali, Chirana formed a court faction with the aim of influencing Nurbanu towards a pro-Venetian policy, also exploiting the fact that Venice was Nurbanu's declared place of origin.
Chirana achieved a high degree of influence and became very rich thanks to the bribes and gifts granted to her by the Venetian government.
In 1591, in the harem arrived a new Venetian spy, Beatrice Michiel, Gazanfer and Cafer's sister, who became a Chirana's ally versus Esperanza Malchi, a close of Safiye Sultan and an anti-Venetian agent.