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