POLITICIAN

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha

1580 - 1661

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Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: كپرولی محمد پاشا, Turkish: Köprülü Mehmet Paşa, pronounced [ˈcœp.ɾy.ly mehˈmet paˈʃa]; Albanian: Mehmed Pashë Kypriljoti or Qyprilliu, also called Mehmed Pashá Rojniku; c. 1575, Roshnik,– 31 October 1661, Edirne) was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and founding patriarch of the Köprülü political dynasty. He helped rebuild the power of the empire by rooting out corruption and reorganizing the Ottoman army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha has received more than 167,125 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Köprülü Mehmed Pasha is the 3,172nd most popular politician (down from 2,677th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Albania (down from 14th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Albanian Politician.

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha was a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1656 to 1661. He is most famous for his military reforms and his war against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 3,172 out of 19,576Before him are Joseph Berchtold, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Tetricus I, As-Salih Ayyub, Jacobo Árbenz, and Gyeongjong of Goryeo. After him are Muhammadu Buhari, Djedkare Isesi, Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, Demaratus, Raymond of Poitiers, and Milonia Caesonia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 5Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont, Josaphat Kuntsevych, Willebrord Snellius, and John Smith. After him are Ernst von Mansfeld, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Gabriel Bethlen, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Cristóvão Ferreira, Augusta of Denmark, and Andrea Falconieri. Among people deceased in 1661, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 4Before him are Cardinal Mazarin, Shunzhi Emperor, and Girard Desargues. After him are Vasile Lupu, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Zheng Zhilong, Andrea Sacchi, Louis Couperin, Jan Fyt, and Teimuraz I of Kakheti.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 19 out of 150Before him are Naim Frashëri (1846), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), and Edi Rama (1964). After him are Ismail Qemali (1844), Mehmet Shehu (1913), Sami Frashëri (1850), Alfred Moisiu (1929), Gentius (-300), and Essad Pasha Toptani (1863).

Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha ranks 16Before him are Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Zog I of Albania (1895), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), and Edi Rama (1964). After him are Ismail Qemali (1844), Mehmet Shehu (1913), Alfred Moisiu (1929), Gentius (-300), Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), and Rexhep Meidani (1944).