MAHMUD RAİF EFENDI AS THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF YUSUG AGAH EFENDI, THE FIRST PERMANENT OTTOMAN-TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO LONDON (1793-1797)

Abstract

One of the vital reforms of the period concerned diplomatic practice and the this study examines the establishment of the first permanent Ottoman-Turkish embassy to London and the work of Mahmud Raif Efendi, the chief secretary of Yusuf Agah Efehdi, the first permanent ambassador to London embassy (1793-1797)1. The diplomatic reform first attempted by Selim III has had a long last- ing effect from 1793 to the present time. Ottoman