Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha Explained

Kemankeş Kara Ali Paşa was a Turkish^[1] Ottoman statesman. He was the 80th grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1624.^[2] during the reign of Sultan Murad IV. He played an crucial role in the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39). He was highly influential especially with the Janesaries.

See also

• List of Ottoman grand viziers

Notes and References

1. Book: Dânişmend, İsmail Hâmi (1971). Osmanlı devlet erkânı: Sadr-ı-a'zamlar (vezir-i-a'zamlar), şeyh-ül-islâmlar, kapdan-ı-deryalar, baş-defterdarlar, reı̂s-ül-küttablar. p. 32. (in Turkish).
2. Turkish State Archives