Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha : a 16th century Ottoman convert in the mediterranean world
Author
Biçer, Merve
Advisor
Radushev, Evgeni
Date
2014Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This thesis focuses on the life of Scipione Cicala, also known as
Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, who was a significant Genoese convert inside
the 16th century Ottoman court. Based on the reports of the Venetian bailos and
ambassadors in Constantinople, the study aims to draw a portrait of Cicala to
indicate how these bureaucrats envisaged Cicala and his personal, political and
economic relationships in line with the changes inside the Ottoman court and
the Mediterranean Sea. Through his prestigious duties in both Eastern and
Western parts of the Sultanate, his patronage networks, imperial marriages and
his relations with hereditary family, this thesis aims to explain how an
“Ottoman” diplomat was perceived both in his hometown (Italian peninsula)
and in the Ottoman Empire.
Keywords
CicalaCigalazade
Republic of Venice
Ottoman Empire
Mediterranean world
Converts
Kul system
Veneto - Ottoman relations
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