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This study examines Ottoman diplomacy in the early modern period on the basis of provincial diplomacy conducted by the governor-general of Buda, Murteza Pasha, between 1626 and 1630. The letters sent and received by Murteza Pasha, as well as two provincial treasury registers, are employed in order to shed light on the sporadic exchanges between the Pasha and the Habsburg authorities. In this regard, the interstate undertakings of an Ottoman frontier governor and his correspondence with the authorities at the Viennese court are scrutinised to emphasise the role played by a frontier administrator within the larger scene of Ottoman diplomacy. The study thereby suggests that Murteza Pasha employed large sums in covering the costs of alimentation for and in presenting with robes of honour both the Ottoman officials and foreign diplomats in order to maintain his diplomatic mechanism, as was the case in Istanbul. Moreover, the study claims that the Ottomans did differentiate between different ranks and titles of their neighbours in the diplomatic conduct and exemplifies how they integrated the others into their cultural sphere.

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