Kara Mustafa Paşa (English spelling) Kara Mustafa Paşa

...Mehmed Pasha, the first, probably entered the court through the Deşirme, and after serving in various local offices, he was appointed Grand Vizier in 1656 at a time when the entire imperial system was in turmoil and the Venetian threat to blockade the Dardanelles was imminent. He carried out purges and reforms and, together with his son Fazl Ahmed Pasha (1635-71), who succeeded him, contributed to the restoration of the power of the empire. The family later produced such grand viziers as Mehmed Pasha's son Fazl Mustafa Pasha (1637-91), his grandson Numan Pasha (1670?-1719), and Mehmed Pasha's son-in-law Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634-83), who led the second siege of Vienna, making the family an exceptionally powerful family in the Ottoman Empire after the completion of the period when hereditary families were few. [Suzuki Tadasu]. …

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…初代メフメト･パシャは，おそらくはデウシルメにより宮廷に入り，地方の諸職を歴任した後，帝国の体制全体が動揺し，ベネチアがダーダネルス海峡を封鎖する危機に際し，異例の抜擢により1656年に大宰相となり，粛清･改革を断行し，後を継いだ実子のファーズル･アフメト･パシャ(1635‐71)とともに帝国の勢力挽回に貢献した。同家からはその後も，メフメト･パシャの子ファーズル･ムスタファ･パシャ(1637‐91)，孫のヌーマン･パシャ(1670？‐1719)，またメフメト･パシャの女婿で第2次ウィーン包囲の指揮者であったカラ･ムスタファ･パシャKara Mustafa Paşa(1634‐83)らの大宰相を輩出し，世襲的門閥の少ない完成期以後のオスマン朝における例外的な有力家系となった。【鈴木 董】。…

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