Describe Khayr al-Din's origins. How did his experiences and education in the Ottoman Empire and Tunisia play a role in his ascent to roles of power?

Khayr-al-Din was born in Tunisia and was educated there but became the Grand vizier of the Ottomans. He modernized the empire and fended off western influence,

Explanation:

Hayreddin Pasha, commonly known as Khayr al Din was a politician of The Ottoman Tunisian descent in a difficult tie for the region as the western insurgency was one the rise and the states were falling to it.

The Ottomans needed a way to fend them off by modernizing quickly and very soon.

This was done by Khayr-al-Din who became the Grand Vizier of the land and was able to grow the political reform in his country and made the Ottoman empire survive the onslaught of the west for more decades.