Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sokolluzade Lala
Mehmed
Office1:Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Monarch1:Ahmed I
Term Start1:5 August 1604
Term End1:21 June 1606
Predecessor1:Yavuz Ali Pasha
Successor1:Dervish Mehmed Pasha the Bosniak
Death Date:21 June 1606
Nationality:Ottoman
Blank1:Origins
Data1:Serb
Spouse:Hatice Sultan (m. 1598)
Relations:Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (cousin?)
Children:Two sons
A daughter
Alma Mater:Enderun School

Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha (died 21 June 1606) was an Ottoman statesman from Serbian origin. He may have been a cousin of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and served as tutor (lala) to a royal prince. He was the grand vizier between 1604 and 1606.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)