Published 2019-03-01
“…A statesman and a historian, Ramazân-zâde Nişâncı Mehmed Paşa had been working as the secretary of the dîvan (lit.Imperial Council or Supreme Court),
provincial treasurer, head of secretaries, and ultimately as a nişâncı (member of the dîvan responsible for the signatures of the sultan being stamped on the decrees) Although its exact date is not precisely known, either before or during his divan membership task, he compiled a summary general history titled with his own name. …”
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