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Also Known As Mehmed Paşa Köprülü
Born c.1575 or c.1578 • Albania
Died October 31, 1661 • Edirne • Turkey
Title / Office grand vizier (1656-1661), Ottoman Empire
Role In Jelālī Revolts
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
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Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
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Bayezid II
Ottoman sultan
Selim I
Selim I
Ottoman sultan
Süleyman I
Süleyman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan
Mehmed IV
Mehmed IV
Ottoman sultan
Portrait of Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, standing in ornate military dress beside a blue-draped table, with a cityscape and green curtain in the background.
Mahmud II
Ottoman sultan
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Murad I
Ottoman sultan
Murad II
Murad II
Ottoman sultan
Orhan
Orhan
Ottoman sultan
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Murad III
Ottoman sultan
Bayezid I
Bayezid I
Ottoman sultan
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Mustafa II
Ottoman sultan
Osman I, miniature from a 16th-century manuscript illustrating the dynasty; in Istanbul University Library (Ms. Yildiz 2653/261)
Osman I
Ottoman sultan
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Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
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Mehmed III
Ottoman sultan
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
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Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman vizier
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Selim II
Ottoman sultan
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia

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