Kara Mustafa Pasha
Ottoman grand vizier who led the siege of Vienna in 1683
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He was born around 1634-35 in the village of Marınca near Merzifon.[1] The 1683 siege of Vienna resulted in his defeat and subsequent execution.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1634 or 1635
- Birthplace
- Mırınca near Merzifon, Rum Eyalet (today Karamustafapaşa)
- Place of death
- Belgrade, Budin Eyalet
- Spouse
- Köprülüzade Saliha Hatun
- Fatma Hatun
- Ayşe Hatun
- Emine Hatun
- Zeynep Hatun
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He entered the Köprülü household to pursue an administrative career and was educated by Köprülü Mehmed Pasha.[2] He later became mirahor-i-sani (master of the horse) in the Sultan's household.[3] The siege of Vienna failed on 12 September 1683 after a Polish army under King John III Sobieski attacked.[4] Kara Mustafa was executed by strangulation in Belgrade on 25 December 1683.[2]
Within the inner service of the Köprülü household, he worked as a letter-carrier (telhisci) and as a silahdar (armourer).[5] He was appointed governor of Silistria in 1659 and later occupied various significant posts.[2] He captured the Chyhyryn fortress and placed Ottoman garrisons in several cities within the Cossack regions.[6]
What the cited sources add
It notes he served as kaptan-ı deryâ (grand admiral) from 1661 to 1666 under Köprülüzade Fâzıl Ahmed Pasha.[1] According to the TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, his birth occurred in 1044 AH (1634-35 CE) at Marınca village, located in Merzifon.[1]
References
- "MERZİFONLU KARA MUSTAFA PAŞA", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. facts only, no text reused. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr
- Wikipedia, "Kara Mustafa Pasha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Siege of Vienna, John Stoye, p. 18. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kara Mustafa Pasha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wheatcroft, "The Enemy at the Gate Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe", Basic Books, 2009 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kara Mustafa Pasha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "MERZİFONLU KARA MUSTAFA PAŞA", TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kara Mustafa Pasha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Merlijn, "«A Most Agreeable and Pleasant Creature»? Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa in the Correspondence of Justinus Colyer (1668-1682)", Oriente Moderno, 2003, p. 649–669; Reindl-Kiel, "The Must-Haves of a Grand Vizier. Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha's Luxury Assets", Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 2016, p. 179–221 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Kara Mustafa Pasha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kołodziejczyk, "The Ottoman Survey Register of Podolia (ca. 1681) Part I: Text, Translation, and Commentary", Harvard University Press, 2004, p. 3–10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kara Mustafa Pasha (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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