Ragib Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman vizier
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reforms of Mustafa III
- In Mustafa III
…and his able grand vizier, Ragib Mehmed Pasha, understood the necessity for reform, their efforts were directed toward the results, not the causes, of the Ottoman decline. They were unable to curb tax abuses; hence, their fiscal reforms proved ineffective. Administrative reforms foundered on the central government’s inability to extend…
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