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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
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
Bayezid II
Ottoman sultan
Selim I
Selim I
Ottoman sultan
Süleyman I
Süleyman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan
Mahmud II
Ottoman sultan
Murad I
Murad I
Ottoman sultan
Murad II
Murad II
Ottoman sultan
Orhan
Orhan
Ottoman sultan
Murad III
Ottoman sultan
Bayezid I
Bayezid I
Ottoman sultan
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
Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Mehmed III
Ottoman sultan
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Mehmed I
Mehmed I
Ottoman sultan
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Selim II
Ottoman sultan
Mehmed IV
Mehmed IV
Ottoman sultan

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