1. The formative years (1490-1523) 2. The secretary's progress (1523-34) 3. The empire and its chancellor (1534-53) 4. Toward the end (1553-67) 5. Narrating the empire: history-writing between imperial advocacy and personal testimony 6. Imagining the empire: the sultan, the realm, the enemies 7. Managing the empire: institutionalization and bureaucratic consciousness.
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