Lala Mustafa Pasha

Mustafa
Illustration of Lala Mustafa Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
28 April 1580 – 7 August 1580
MonarchMurat III
Preceded bySemiz Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byKoca Sinan Pasha
Personal details
Bornc. 1500
Sokolovići, Sanjak of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Died7 August 1580 (aged 79–80)
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
Spouse
(m. 1575)
RelationsSokollu Mehmed Pasha (cousin) Ferhad Pasha Sokolović (cousin or brother)
ChildrenSultanzade Abdülbaki Bey
OccupationMilitary strategist and Grand Vizier
Military service
Battles/wars

Lala Mustafa Pasha (c. 1500 – 7 August 1580), also known by the additional epithet Kara, was an Ottoman Bosnian general and Grand Vizier from the Sanjak of Bosnia.