Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha (1638 – December 1698) was an Ottoman statesman who served as

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from 1693 to 1694. His epithet ''Bozoklu'' means "from Bozok" (modern

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

Early life

Mustafa was a bureaucrat in the Ottoman Empire. He was appointed as the

Kapudan Pasha The Kapudan Pasha (, modern Turkish: ), also known as the (, modern: , "Captain of the Sea") was the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Typically, he was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings durin ...

(grand admiral) and then as the commander of the Polish front during the

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. In collaboration with the Crimean khan Selim I Giray, he was able to defend

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, an important fort (now in

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) from Polish attacks. In 1690, he was appointed as the governor of

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(now in

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) and Tripoli (now in

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). On 27 March 1693, he succeeded

Çalık Ali Pasha Çalık Ali Pasha (also Hacı Çalık Ali Pasha or Merzifonlu Çalık Ali Pasha; died 1698) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier during the reign of Ahmed II. Early life Ali Pasha was a Turk from Merzifon, a city in north-cen ...

as the

.Ayhan Buz: ''Osmanlı Sadrazamları'', Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, p.144 He was of Turkish origin.Mehmed Süreyya (haz. Nuri Akbayar) (1996), ''Sicill-i Osmani'', İstanbul:Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları ISBN 975-333-0383 C.IV s.410-41

/ref>Yılmaz, Mehmed, "Mustafa Paşa (Bozoklu, Bıyıklı)", (1999), ''Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi'', İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş. C.2 s.308 ISBN 975-08-0072-9

As a grand vizier

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; ) was then under

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n occupation, and in the summer of 1693, Mustafa Pasha campaigned to take it for the Ottomans. However, the Austrians besieged Belgrad (now in

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) south of his campaign course and Mustafa Pasha changed his course to defend Belgrad. Austrians had to lift the siege. Mustafa Pasha repaired the fort and returned to

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, the capital. However, being close to the front, Austrians were ready to renew their attacks. Mustafa Pasha, however, was quite unconcerned for the coming Austrian attacks. He was more concerned with hunting than preparing for the next campaign. Sultan Ahmed II dismissed him on 13 March 1694 after a year in the office.

Death

Mustafa Pasha's next post was his former post, the governorship of Tripoli. In May 1698, he was called to Istanbul to be the acting grand vizier during the then-grand vizier's presence at the battle front. Shortly thereafter, however, Mustafa Pasha died in December 1698.

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Early life

As a grand vizier

Death

See also

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