Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha (; tr, Koca Derviş Mehmed Paşa and ''Bıyıklı Koca Derviş Mehmed Paşa'') was an
Ottoman military officer and statesman from
Circassia.
He was made
Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) in 1652 and promoted to
Grand Vizier
Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...
on 21 March 1653. He held the position until 28 October 1654.
[H. Laoust, Les Governeurs de Damas sous les Mamlouks et les premiers ottomans (1260-1744), Damasc 1952]
See also
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List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
*
List of Kapudan Pashas
References
17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire
Kapudan Pashas
People from the Ottoman Empire of Circassian descent
Ottoman military officers
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