sentences:  As the Ottoman Empire expanded along the southern Mediterranean coast under Great Sultan Selim I, the "Reyes Católicos" (Catholic Monarchs) began establishing Inquisition commissions.Many "Conversos", ("Marranos" and "Moriscos") and Sephardi Jews fled in fear to the Ottoman provinces, settling at first in Constantinople, Salonika, Sarajevo, Sofia and Anatolia.The Sultan encouraged them to settle in Palestine.