Ottoman grand vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed always has the support of the sultan against those who belittle and struggle against him.

Whenever he is away from the capital, Kara Mustafa, husband of his sister, is left as his deputy.

In the battlefield, he also has the close cooperation of Gürcü Mehmed, Kaplan Mustafa, his brother-in-law, and other able generals.

The prestige of the empire that his father had reestablished is so great as to bring under his command during his campaigns in central Europe the auxiliary forces of the vassal principalities—Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia, and the Crimean Khanate.

He has also followed his father's reforms aiming at reducing the number of the Janissaries (the core of the Ottoman standing army) and spahis (the Ottoman cavalry) and makes them more efficient by restoring discipline among them.

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed also places emphasis on the age-old Ottoman policy of protection of the reaya (non-Muslim taxpayers), which is possible only under a strong central government.