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Kara Mustafa

Merzifonlu
Mustafa
Pasha
Battle of Vienna.Kara Mustapha Baffa.jpg
Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander at the Battle of Vienna
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
19 October 1676 – 25 December 1683
Monarch Mehmed IV
Preceded by Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded by Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha
Personal details
Born 1634 or 1635
Merzifon, Rum Eyalet
Died 25 December 1683
Belgrade, Budin Eyalet
Nationality Ottoman
Relations Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (father-in-law)
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (brother-in-law)
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha (brother-in-law)
Origins Albanian
Family Köprülü family
Military service
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
Service/branch  Ottoman Navy
 Ottoman Army
Years of service 1660s–1683
Rank Kapudan Pasha (1666–70)
Commander-in-Chief (1676–83)
Battles/wars

Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)
Russo-Turkish War (1676–81)
Polish–Ottoman War (1683–99)
Great Turkish War (1683–99)


Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)
Russo-Turkish War (1676–81)
Polish–Ottoman War (1683–99)
Great Turkish War (1683–99)

Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: مرزيفونلى قره مصطفى پاشا‎, Merzifonlı Ḳara Muṣṭafā Paşa; "Mustafa Pasha the Courageous of Merzifon"; 1634/1635 – 25 December 1683) was an Ottoman military leader and grand vizier who was a central character in the Ottoman Empire's last attempts at expansion into both Central and Eastern Europe.

Born to Albanian parents in Merzifon, Mustafa was educated in the household of Mehmed Köprülü and married into the powerful Köprülü family. In 1659, he became governor of Silistria and subsequently held a number of important posts. Within ten years, he was acting as deputy for his brother-in-law, the grand vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha when absent from the Sultan's court.

He served as a commander of ground troops in a war against Poland, negotiating a settlement with Jan Sobieski in 1676 that added the province of Podolia to the empire. The victory enabled the Ottomans to transform the Cossack regions of the southern Ukraine into a protectorate. When his brother-in-law Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha died that same year, Mustafa succeeded him as grand vizier.


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