Lala Mustafa Pasha

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mustafa, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Murat III
Preceded bySemiz Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byKoca Sinan Pasha
Personal details
Bornc. 1500
Sokolovići, Sanjak of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Died7 August 1580 (aged 79–80)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
Spouse
Grand Vizier
Military service
Battles/wars

Lala Mustafa Pasha (c. 1500 – 7 August 1580), also known by the additional epithet Kara, was an

Grand Vizier from the Sanjak of Bosnia
.

Life

He was born around 1500, near the Glasinac in

Sokolac Plateau in Bosnia to a Christian Sokolović family, the younger brother of Deli Husrev Pasha
, who apparently helped him rise through the system's ranks more quickly.

Mustafa Pasha briefly served as

Egypt Eyalet in 1549.[1] He had risen to the position of Beylerbeyi of Damascus and then to that of Fifth Vizier
.

The honorific "Lala" means "tutor to the Sultan"; he was tutor to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's sons, including Şehzade Bayezid. He also had a long-standing feud with his cousin, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha.[2]

He commanded the Ottoman land forces during

the conquest of previously Venetian Cyprus in 1570/71, and in the campaign against Georgia and Persia in 1578. During the campaign on Cyprus, Lala Mustafa Pasha, who was known for his cruelty towards vanquished opponents, ordered the Venetian commander of Famagusta, Marco Antonio Bragadin, flayed alive and other Venetian military officers killed in sight or executed, even though he had promised safe passage upon surrendering the city to the Turkish army. It also meant that Mustafa had indicated his aggressive intentions to the Sultan's court.[3][4]

He was a

Hurrem Sultan. The two together had a son named Sultanzade Abdülbaki Bey.[5]

Following his succession of Semiz Ahmed Pasha as

Grand Vizier,[6] in the final three months of his life, he occupied the post from 28 April 1580 until his death. He is buried in the courtyard of the Eyüp Sultan Mosque in Istanbul. His tomb was designed by Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan
.

Death

Lala Mustafa Pasha died in 1580 in Constantinople due to his old age or a heart attack. He was succeeded by the famous Albanian Koca Sinan Pasha.

Issue

Lala Mustafa Pasha was the second husband of Hümaşah Sultan, Ottoman princess, daughter of Şehzade Mehmed and granddaughter of Sultan Süleyman I and Hürrem Sultan. They married on 25 August 1575. By her, he had a son:

Legacy

Tomb of Lala Mustafa Pasha in Eyüp Sultan Mosque

He has a street named after him in cities including Larnaca,[7] Cyprus. His invasion and brutal treatment of the Venetian leaders in Cyprus led to Pope Pius V promoting a Roman Catholic coalition against the Ottomans which turned into the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.

In popular culture

In the 2011–2014 TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl he is portrayed by Macit Capodistria.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb; Johannes Hendrik Kramers; Bernard Lewis; Charles Pellat; Joseph Schacht (1992). The Encyclopaedia of Islam. Brill. p. 721.
  2. ^ "Lala Mustafa Paşa kimdir?".
  3. ISBN 978-0-688-08093-8
    .
  4. ISBN 978-0199752638
    .
  5. ^ Allahverdi, Reyhan Şahin (2016). An Orphan Sultan: Foundations of Şehzade Mehmed's Daughter Hümasah Sultan. p. 3.
  6. ^ "SEMİZ AHMED PAŞA". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. ISBN 978-9963-566-92-1
    .

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Political offices
Preceded byas Governor Ottoman Governor of Egypt (acting)
1549 		Succeeded byas Governor
Preceded by
Şemiz Ahmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

28 April 1580 – 7 August 1580 		Succeeded by
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