Mustafa I,called Mustafa the Saint during his second reign,and called Mustafa the Mad by historians,was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 22 November 1617 to 26 February 1618,and from 20 May 1622 to 10 September 1623. He was the son of sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan.
Ibrahim was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 until 1648. He was born in Constantinople,the son of sultan Ahmed I by Kösem Sultan,an ethnic Greek originally named Anastasia.
"Öküz" Mehmed Pasha,also known as Kara Mehmed Pasha or "Kul Kıran" Mehmed Pasha,was an Ottoman statesman,administrator and military figure of the early 17th century who held the office of Grand Vizier twice,the first time from 17 October 1614 to 17 November 1616 and the second time from 18 January 1619 to 23 December 1619. He was also governor of Egypt from 1607 to 1611. Okuz Mehmed's nickname "Kul Kiran" (slavebreaker) came from his success in crushing the mutiny in Egypt during the early 1600s.
Kösem Sultan,also known as Mahpeyker Sultan,was Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the chief consort and legal wife of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I,Valide Sultan as the mother of sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim,and Büyük Valide Sultan as the grandmother of Sultan Mehmed IV. She became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history,as well as a central figure during the period known as the Sultanate of Women.
Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and military commander who also held the office of grand vizier for one year.
Piri Mehmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman,and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1518 to 1523.
Gazi Hüseyin Pasha,also known as Deli Hüseyin Pasha or SarıHüseyin Pasha or Baltaoğlu Hüseyin Pasha,was an Ottoman military officer and statesman. He was governor of Egypt (1635–1637),Kapudan Pasha in the 1630s,and briefly Grand Vizier in 1656.
Melek Ahmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and grand vizier during the reign of Mehmed IV.
KemankeşKara Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman Albanian military officer and statesman who served as Kapudan Pasha and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
The Abaza rebellion is the name given to uprisings that occurred in the 17th century in the Ottoman Empire during the reigns of Mustafa I (1622–23) and Murat IV (1623–40). The name of the rebellion refers to Abaza Mehmet,an Ottoman pasha of Abkhazian origin. Sometimes,this event is considered as a part of the Jelali revolts. But unlike the other Jelali revolts the principal reason of the Abaza rebellion was the resentment towards the janissary corps.
Gazi Hüsrev Pasha,also called Boşnak Hüsrev Pasha or Ekrem Hüsrev Pasha,was an Ottoman Grand Vizier of Bosnian descent during the reign of Murad IV.
Abaza SiyavuşPasha was a short term grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire who held the post during one of the most chaotic periods of the empire.
Elmas Mehmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier from 1695 to 1697. His epithet Elmas means "diamond" in Persian and refers to his fame as a handsome man.
Kara Murat Pasha,or Kara Dev Murad Pasha,lit. Courageous Giant Murat Pasha in Ottoman Turkish;,was an Ottoman Albanian statesman and military officer. He served as Kapudan Pasha and twice as Grand Vizier. His epithet Kara ("black") refers to his courage and Dev ("giant") to his physical size.
Semiz Mehmed Pasha was an Ottoman grand vizier and a descendant of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Nevesinli Salih Pasha was an Ottoman civil servant and grand vizier.
Tezkereci Ahmed Pasha,better known as Hezarpare Ahmed Pasha after his death,was an Ottoman grand vizier and defterdar.
Cinci Hoca is the epithet of Karabaşzade Hüseyin Efendi,a 17th-century Ottoman spiritualist whose influence on the sultan caused many problems in the empire.
Beylerbeyi event refers to a revolt in the Ottoman Empire in 1589,during the reign of Murat III.
Bekri Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman grand vizier during the Great Turkish War.
