vezirs

When he died (Oct. 31, 1661), his son succeeded him, establishing the rule of a dynasty of grand vezirs that dominated the state until the end of the century.

1656-61 2001

Death of Lutfi Pasha (b. 1488), one of the ablest and most cultured Ottoman grand vezirs.

1561 2001

The grand vezirs, whose executive power had grown considerably in the previous half-century, were now reduced to instruments of the sultan's will.

2. Autocracy, Revolution, and Dismemberment 2001

The influence of palace women, especially Murad's mother, became pervasive, and after the execution of Mehmed Sokullu in 1579 grand vezirs changed almost annually, according to shifts in court politics.

c. 1570 2001