Koca Mustafa Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: كودجا مصطفى باشا; died 1512) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1511 to 1512.[1] He was Roman (Rum) and probably not a devşirme.[2]

Koca
Mustafa
23rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
1511–1512
MonarchBayezid II
Preceded byHersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byHersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Personal details
BornUnknown
Died1512
Bursa, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
SpouseKamerşah Sultan
ChildrenHundi Hanımsultan
Sultanzade Osman Bey

Life

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He started his career as kapıcıbaşı, that is "chief doorkeeper" of the Topkapi Palace: in this office he acted also as Master of Ceremonies at receptions of foreign ambassadors. He married a daughter of Sultan Bayezid II, Kamerşah Sultan, in 1491 and by her he had a daughter, Hundi Hanımsultan, and a son, Sultanzade Osman Bey. Appointed Grand Vizier near the end of the reign of Bayezid II, he was executed in 1512.[3] In Istanbul he let convert into mosques two ancient Byzantine churches, which were both named after him: respectively Koca Mustafa Pasha and Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 13. (Turkish)
  2. ^ Meram, Ali Kemal (1969). Türkçülük ve Türkçülük mücadeleleri tarihi. p. 53. 11 - Koca Mustafa Paşa (Rum)
  3. ^ Eyice (1955), p. 92.
  4. ^ Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 173.
  5. ^ Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 83.

Sources

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  • Eyice, Semavi (1955). Istanbul: Petit guide à travers les monuments byzantins et turcs (in French). Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası.
Political offices
Preceded by Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1511–1512
Succeeded by