What does the episode of Mustafa's assassination reveal about the power
and influence of Roxelana? About Ottoman attitudes toward the imperial
succession? About Suleiman's character?
5. What advantages and disadvantages were there in the Ottoman practice of
not making the eldest son the automatic heir of the reigning sultan?
6. Shortly after Suleiman's reign the Ottoman Empire began to decline. What
in Busbecq's account points to future problems for the Ottoman state?