Koca Sinan | |
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| 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 (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 |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | |
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]
- ^ a b c d e Ceviz, 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