Life
He started his career as '' kapıcıbaşı'', that is "chief doorkeeper" of the Topkapi Palace: in this office he acted also as Master of Ceremonies at receptions of foreign ambassadors. Appointed Grand Vizier near the end of the reign of Bayezid II, he was executed in 1512.Eyice (1955), p. 92. In Istanbul he let convert into mosques two ancient Byzantine churches, which were both named after him: respectively Koca Mustafa Pasha and Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque.Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 173.Müller-Wiener (1977), p. 83.References
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* * 16th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Grand Viziers of Selim I Year of birth unknown Executed people from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire People from the Ottoman Empire of Greek descent Devshirme 1510s in the Ottoman Empire 1512 deaths {{Ottoman-bio-stub