Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1580–82, 1589–91, 1593–95, 1595–96)
In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Sinan, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Koca
Sinan
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 1 December 1595 – 3 April 1596
Monarch
Mehmed III
Preceded by
Lala Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded by
Damat Ibrahim Pasha
In office 7 July 1595 – 19 November 1595
Monarch
Mehmed III
Preceded by
Ferhad Pasha
Succeeded by
Lala Mehmed Pasha
In office 28 January 1593 – 16 February 1595
Monarch
Murad III
Preceded by
Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
Succeeded by
Ferhad Pasha
In office 14 April 1589 – 1 August 1591
Monarch
Murad III
Preceded by
Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
Succeeded by
Ferhad Pasha
In office 7 August 1580 – 6 December 1582
Monarch
Murad III
Preceded by
Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
Succeeded by
Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
In office 1571–1573
Preceded by
Çerkes Iskender Pasha
Succeeded by
Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić
In office 1567–1569
Preceded by
Mahmud Pasha
Succeeded by
Çerkes Iskender Pasha
Personal details
Born
c. 1506 Topojan, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Albania)
Died
3 April 1596(1596-04-03) (aged 89–90) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey)
Nationality
Ottoman Albanian
Spouse
Esmehan Hanımsultan[1][2]
Children
Mehmed Pasha[1] Emine Hanim[1] Hatice Hanim[1] Hüma Hanim[1]
Ethnicity
Albanian
Koca Sinan Pasha (Turkish: Koca Sinan Paşa, "Sinan the Great", Albanian: Koxha Sinan Pasha; c. 1506 – 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five times as Grand Vizier.[3]
The Coat of arms of Koca Sinan Pasha.
^ abcdeCeviz, Aydın Emre; Akkaya, Aytaç. "Anasayfa". Ulusal Tez Merkezi (in Turkish). pp. 134–135.
^Peirce, L.P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Studies in Middle Eastern history. Oxford University Press. pp. 246–247. ISBN 978-0-19-508677-5.
^Andreas Tietze (1975), Mustafa Ali's Description of Cairo of 1599: text, transliteration, translation, notes, Forschungen zur islamischen Philologie und Kulturgeschichte, Verl. d. Österr. Akad. d. Wiss., p. 75, ISBN 978-3700101192, OCLC 2523612
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Balkan territories. The Ottoman army under the command of Grand Vizier KocaSinanPasha went on a campaign in the summer of 1595 against the Wallachia, which...
mission and returned to Damascus. He later rejoined the army under KocaSinanPasha. On 18 October 1580, while he was in the frontline, he was made the...
building for the Ottoman sultan. It was built in 1590 by the grand vizier KocaSinanPasha. Fanny Davis. Palace of Topkapi in Istanbul. 1970. ASIN B000NP64Z2...
Cetinje and Visarion of Trebinje. In response, Ottoman Grand Vizier KocaSinanPasha demanded that the green flag of the Prophet Muhammed be brought from...
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to Bucharest. In addition, Mihnea allegedly promised Grand Vizier KocaSinanPasha as many gold coins as 600 horses could carry, in order to have Petru...
to Murad III, and was believed to be dead for a while. Grand Vizier KocaSinanPasha did not trust Passi, especially because of his close ties to Spain...
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