Koca Mustafa Pasha

For the 19th century diplomat and reformer, see Mustafa Reşid Pasha. For the railway station in Fatih, Istanbul, see Kocamustafapaşa railway station.

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mustafa, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Koca Mustafa Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: كودجا مصطفى باشا; died 1512) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1511 to 1512. He was Roman (Rum) and probably not a devşirme.

Koca Mustafa Pasha
23rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 1511–1512
Monarch	Bayezid II
Preceded by	Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded by	Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Personal details
Born	Unknown
Died	1512 Bursa, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Spouse	Kamerşah Sultan
Children	Hundi Hanımsultan Sultanzade Osman Bey

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. He married a daughter of Sultan Bayezid II, Kamerşah Sultan, in 1491 and by her he had a daughter, Hundi Hanımsultan, and a son, Sultanzade Osman Bey. Appointed Grand Vizier near the end of the reign of Bayezid II, he was executed in 1512. 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.

Sources

• Eyice, Semavi (1955). Istanbul: Petit guide à travers les monuments byzantins et turcs (in French). Istanbul: Istanbul Matbaası.

• Müller-Wiener, Wolfgang (1977). Bildlexikon Zur Topographie Istanbuls: Byzantion, Konstantinupolis, Istanbul Bis Zum Beginn D. 17 Jh (in German). Tübingen: Wasmuth. ISBN 978-3-8030-1022-3.