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Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa: Quick Facts

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Born 1634 • Turkey
Died December 25, 1683 (aged 49) • Belgrade • Serbia
Title / Office grand vizier (1676-1683), Ottoman Empire
Role In Siege of Vienna

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Ottoman grand vizier
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Ottoman sultan
Enver Paşa
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Ottoman general
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Murad I
Ottoman sultan
Murad II
Murad II
Ottoman sultan
Mustafa III, miniature; in Istanbul University Library (MS Yildiz 8647/17).
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Ottoman sultan
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Ottoman vizier
Selim I
Selim I
Ottoman sultan
Orhan
Orhan
Ottoman sultan
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Mahmud Şevket Paşa
Turkish statesman
Bayezid I
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Ottoman vizier [circa 1493-1536]
Osman Nuri Paşa
Osman Nuri Paşa
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Ottoman sultan
Osman I, miniature from a 16th-century manuscript illustrating the dynasty; in Istanbul University Library (Ms. Yildiz 2653/261)
Osman I
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