Sofu Mehmed

Pasha Pasha (; ; ) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitary, dignitaries, and others. ''Pasha'' was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of ...

or Mehmed Pasha the Ascetic (died 1626) was an Ottoman administrator. Born and raised in

Razgrad Razgrad ( ) is a city in Northeastern Bulgaria in the valley of the Beli Lom river that falls within the historical and geographical region of Ludogorie (Deliorman). It is an administrative center of Razgrad Province. Etymology The suffix "gra ...

(today in Bulgaria), Mehmed Pasha served as the Ottoman governor of

Egypt Eyalet Ottoman Egypt was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire after the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517), conquest of Mamluk Egypt by the Ottomans in 1517. The Ottomans administered Egypt as a Eyalet, province (''eyalet'') of their empir ...

(1611 – February 1615),

Rumelia Eyalet The Eyalet of Rumeli, or Eyalet of Rumelia (), known as the Beylerbeylik of Rumeli until 1591, was a first-level province ('' beylerbeylik'' or ''eyalet'') of the Ottoman Empire encompassing most of the Balkans ("Rumelia"). For most of its history ...

(1617),

Sivas Eyalet Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.İl Beledi ...

(1617–19), and

Budin Eyalet Budin Eyalet (also known as Province of Budin/Buda or Pashalik of Budin/Buda, ) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire in Central Europe and the Balkans. It was formed on the territories that Ottoman Empire conquered fro ...

(1624–26). Apart from his governorships, Mehmed Pasha was appointed as a

vizier A vizier (; ; ) is a high-ranking political advisor or Minister (government), minister in the Near East. The Abbasids, Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was at first merely a help ...

in 1611 and served as the

kaymakam Kaymakam, also known by #Names, many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been reta ...

to the

Grand Vizier Grand vizier (; ; ) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Soko ...

('' sadâret kaymakamı'') from sometime in the 1610s until late 1617, when he was appointed as third vizier. He was reappointed as ''sadâret kaymakamı'' in 1619, serving until his appointment as governor of Budin in 1624. He died in 1626.

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* 16th-century civil servants from the Ottoman Empire 17th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt Ottoman governors of Egypt 1626 deaths Pashas People from Razgrad Year of birth unknown {{Egypt-bio-stub

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