Lutfi Paşa as a Religious Scholar

Abstract

Lutfi Pasha is one of the prominent statesmen in the 16th century Ottoman Empire. He performed several official duties during his career and served as grand vizier for two years, and authored several works, most of which are about Islamic sciences. He is famous for his political booklet, Asafname, but his boks about Islamic sciences have not drawn the attention until now and remained as manuscripts. This article aims to examine Lutfi Pasha’s scholarly works and evaluate him as an Islamic scholar.