Ottoman Society The Ottoman Empire has many different and very complex components to its society. Some of these components of society were the palace, the religious establishment, the military government and the bureaucracy. The person who usually oversees all these components and helps them function efficiently is the sultan of the empire. Through the Sultan's leadership, and the combination of these components, he contributed to the growth and maintenance of Ottoman society. First of all, the Sultan had many people in the palace who took care of his matters and helped him. He has the Grand Vizier, who was basically his right-hand man and they have a lot of trust between them. He also has dizan, an advisor to the chief officials who helps manage all the other groups. They usually consist of the head of the Janissaries, the chief justices, the treasurers, the secretary and the admiral of the navy. They gather to meet the Sultan to receive guidance and to provide updates to the Sultan. For a while, as the generations passed, both the Sultan and the Grand Vizier grew and succeeded together and this helped build trust between them. This had a good impact on the Ottoman Empire due to their continuation, both knew each other quite well and the Sultan did not have to worry about the Grand Vizier giving him bad advice or even turning against him. Each of the successors to the throne had received a fairly good education before becoming Sultan. Suleyman I, son of Selim I, had 6 years of experience as a governor. He was governor of Bolu, Kaffa, Istanbul and Manissa. It was good for the empire that the next person in line did what they were supposed to do and a bit of how an empire should be run by ruling and so they wouldn't put the empire at risk but... middle of paper.. . for everyone. There was no different education for different states or states didn't have some laws that others didn't have. Any student could study very hard and get to the top of the rankings even if they were poor, so poverty was not an issue. There was even a system for non-Muslims of the empire called millet. They had the right to practice their own religion, maintain their own language and develop their own institutions and all they had to do was pay an extra tax to the Sultan. They were also considered less than a Sunni Muslim in Muslim states. Even though they were outsiders, the empire had a good system to work with for non-Muslims and foreigners. The empire could get extra funding from them and they could establish their own language and practice their own religion, they were not forced to do anything or become Muslim.