Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović

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Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović was a prominent 16th-century Ottoman statesman of Balkan origin who rose through the devşirme system to become one of the empire’s most powerful and long-serving grand viziers.

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instanceOf Ottoman statesman
grand vizier
historical figure
alsoKnownAs Mehmed Pasha Sokolović
Mehmed-paša Sokolović
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
architecturalPatronage Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad
mosques and public buildings in the Balkans
birthCountry Ottoman Empire
birthPlace Sokolovići
birthRegion Balkans
Bosnia
birthYear 1505
1506
causeOfDeath assassination
citizenship Ottoman Empire
countryOfDeath Ottoman Empire
deathDate 1579-10-11
deathYear 1579
endTimeOfPositionGrandVizier 1579
ethnicOrigin Serb
familyName Sokolović
givenName Mehmed
historicalEra Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire
laterReligion Sunni Islam
memberOf Ottoman imperial administration
militaryBranch Janissaries
notableFor administrative reforms in the Ottoman Empire
infrastructure projects in the Balkans
long tenure as Grand Vizier
role in Ottoman expansion in the 16th century
office Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
placeOfDeath Constantinople
Istanbul
positionHeld Beylerbey of Rumelia
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Kapudan Pasha
Second Vizier
Third Vizier
regionOfActivity Balkans
Istanbul
religionAtBirth Eastern Orthodox Christianity
selectionMethod devşirme
servedUnder Murad III
Selim II
Suleiman the Magnificent
startTimeOfPositionGrandVizier 1565
timePeriod 16th century

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Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad commissionedBy Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad namedAfter Mehmed Paša Sokolović
linked to: Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge namedAfter Mehmed Paša Sokolović
subject linked to: Višegrad
linked to: Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović
Mehmed Paša Sokolović alsoKnownAs Mehmed-paša Sokolović
linked to: Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović
Mehmed Paša Sokolović alsoKnownAs Mehmed Pasha Sokolović
linked to: Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović