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For the 19th century diplomat and reformer, see Mustafa Reşid Pasha. For the railway station in Fatih, Istanbul, see Kocamustafapaşa railway station.
In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mustafa, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

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]

Life

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

  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

  • Eyice, Semavi (1955). Istanbul: Petit guide à travers les monuments byzantins et turcs (in French). Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası.
  • Müller-Wiener, Wolfgang (1977). Bildlexikon Zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul Bis Zum Beginn D. 17 Jh (in German). Tübingen: Wasmuth. ISBN 978-3-8030-1022-3.
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Preceded by Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1511–1512 		Succeeded by


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