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Lala Mehmed Pasha (died 28 November 1595) was an Ottoman military commander and Grand Vizier of the

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under the reign of

Mehmed III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; tr, III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the L ...

.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish) Born in

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in western

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, he became a

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(''tutor'') to the Sultan Murad III and then to his son

, hence his nickname. After having married the daughter of Mehmed III's ''daye'' (

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) Halima Khatun, Mehmed Pasha rose to serve as Grand Vizier in 1595, the first year of Mehmed III's reign, although only for a matter of few days before he suddenly died. His lineage continued for centuries, coming all the way to Husein Avni Pasha.

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1595 deaths Turks from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Lalas (title) Year of birth unknown People of the Long Turkish War {{Ottoman-bio-stub

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