However , after his father died in battle trying to defend his territory from the Ottoman Turks , Abram was abducted and taken to Constantinople by ship .
His father was relatively affluent taking several wives and having 19 children .
After his father died in battle trying to defend his territory from the Ottoman Turks , Abram was abducted and taken to Constantinople by ship .
His father was relatively affluent taking several wives and having 19 children .