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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-88611-5
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Body granting the degree
The University of Chicago
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Middle Eastern history; European history; History
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Bureaucracy;Diplomacy;Economy;Ottoman state;Pasha, rustem;Vizier