Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1544–1553, 1555–1561)
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Rüstem Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: رستم پاشا; c. 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha ...
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Lala Mustafa Pasha (c.– 7 August 1580), also known by the additional epithet Kara, was an Ottoman Bosnian general and Grand Vizier from the Sanjak of Bosnia.
16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer
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Mimar Sinan (Ottoman Turkish: معمار سينان, Mi'mâr Sinân, Turkish: Mimar Sinan, ) c. 1488/1490 – July 17, 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: mimar) and civil engineer for sultans ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1565 to 1579
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Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: صوقوللى محمد پاشا, Ṣoḳollu Meḥmed Pașa, Turkish: Sokollu Mehmet Paşa; Serbian: Мехмед-паша Соколовић, Mehmed-paša Sokolović; 1506 – 11 October 1579) was an Ottoman ...
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Lütfi Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: لطفى پاشا, Luṭfī Paşa; Modern Turkish: Lütfi Paşa, more fully Damat Çelebi Lütfi Paşa; c. 1488 – 27 March 1564, Didymoteicho) was an Ottoman Albanian statesman, general, and ...
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Kara Ahmed Pasha (executed 29 September 1555) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1553 and 1555.
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Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483–1539) was an Ottoman statesman and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1536 to 1539. He was an Albanian born in Delvinë (Sanjak of Avlona). His father was from the city of ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1514 to 1515
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Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha or Dukaginli Ahmed Pasha (Albanian: Ahmed Pashë Dukagjini, Ottoman Turkish: دوقکین زاده أحمد پاشا, Turkish: Dukakinoğlu Ahmed Paşa, d. 1515) born Progon Dukagjini was a high-ranking ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 to 1517
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Hadım Sinan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: خادم سنان پاشا, Turkish: Hadım Sinan Paşa, lit. 'Sinan Pasha the Eunuch'; Serbo-Croatian: Sinan-paša Borovinić; died 22 January 1517) was Bosnian-Ottoman nobleman ...
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Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (Turkish: Sokollu Ferhad Paşa, Serbo-Croatian: Ferhad-paša Sokolović) (died 1586) was an Ottoman general and statesman from Bosnia. He was the last sanjak-bey of Bosnia and first ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1580–82, 1589–91, 1593–95, 1595–96)
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Koca Sinan Pasha (Turkish: Koca Sinan Paşa, "Sinan the Great"; c. 1506 - 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1711 to 1712
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Ağa Yusuf Pasha (Yusuf Pasha the Agha), also known as Gürcü Yusuf Pasha (Yusuf Pasha the Georgian), was an 18th-century Ottoman military leader and Grand vizier.
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Lala Şahin Pasha (Turkish: Lala Şahin Paşa; 1330 – after 1388) was the first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was the teacher (lala) of Sultan Murad I, and when Murad succeeded the throne, Şahin led the Ottoman ...
Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author, and military officer
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Feridun Ahmed Bey (died 16 March 1583) was an influential Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer, best known for his service in the government of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha ( ...
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Yahya bey Dukagjini (1488–1582; Turkish: Dukaginzâde Yahyâ bey or Turkish: Taşlıcalı Yahyâ bey, and Albanian: Jahja bej Dukagjini) was an Albanian poet and military figure. He is known for his Ottoman ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1645 to 1647
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Nevesinli Salih Pasha (Serbo-Croatian: Salih-paša Nevesinjac; Cyrillic: Салих-паша Невесињац, died 16 September 1647) was an Ottoman civil servant and grand vizier.
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Nasuh Pasha was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 5 August 1611 until 17 October 1614. He was from Gümülcine (modern Komotini) and was a damat to the ...
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1604 to 1606
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Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha (died 21 June 1606) was an Ottoman statesman from Serbian origin. He may have been a cousin of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and served as tutor (lala) to a royal prince. He was the ...