Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-88611-5
Ph.D.
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
The University of Chicago
2015
This dissertation is an overview of the life and the career of Ottoman grand vizier Rüstem Pasha and contextualization of his grand vizierate with respect to foreign policy, bureaucratization and economic policies. This dissertation shows that beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was transformed from an expansive Muslim empire into a bureaucratic state and that Rüstem Pasha was the architect when he was acting its primary promoter and designer.
Middle Eastern history; European history; History
Social sciences;Bureaucracy;Diplomacy;Economy;Ottoman state;Pasha, rustem;Vizier