Sofu Mehmed Pasha (died 1626) was an Ottoman administrator. Born and raised in Razgrad (today in Bulgaria), Mehmed Pasha served as the Ottoman governor of Egypt Eyalet (1611 – February 1615),[1][2][3] Rumelia Eyalet (1617),[1] Sivas Eyalet (1617–19),[1] and Budin Eyalet (1624–26).[1]

Apart from his governorships, Mehmed Pasha was appointed as a vizier in 1611 and served as the kaymakam to the Grand Vizier (sadâret kaymakamı) from sometime in the 1610s until late 1617, when he was appointed as third vizier.[1] He was reappointed as sadâret kaymakamı in 1619, serving until his appointment as governor of Budin in 1624.[1] He died in 1626.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.), Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), vol. 4, Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, p. 1073, ISBN 9789753330411
  2. ^ Yılmaz Öztuna (1994). Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi: Osmanlı Devleti'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi (in Turkish). Vol. 10. Ötüken Neşriyat A.S. pp. 412–416. ISBN 975-437-141-5.
  3. ^ Holt, P. M. (2009). "The beylicate in Ottoman Egypt during the seventeenth century". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 24 (2): 227–229. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00091424. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 161154415.
Political offices Preceded byÖküz Mehmed Pasha Ottoman Governor of Egypt 1611–1615 Succeeded byNişancı Ahmed Pasha


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