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Rüstem Pasha

1500 - 1561

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Rüstem Pasha (Turkish pronunciation: [ɾysˈtem paˈʃa]; Ottoman Turkish: رستم پاشا; c. 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha (the epithet damat meaning 'son-in-law' ) as a result of his marriage to the sultan's daughter, Mihrimah Sultan, in 1539. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rüstem Pasha has received more than 1,028,119 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Rüstem Pasha is the 394th most popular politician (down from 265th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Croatia and the 3rd most popular Croatian Politician.

Rüstem Pasha was a grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1565 to 1579. He is most famous for his role in the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578-1590, in which he led the Ottoman army to victory against the Safavid Empire.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.42

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  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rüstem Pasha ranks 394 out of 19,576. Before him are Hatice Sultan, Henry the Fowler, Georges Pompidou, Alfonso XIII of Spain, Georgy Malenkov, and Abdul Hamid I. After him are Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Scipio Africanus, Ay, Decius, Michael I of Romania, and Selim III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Rüstem Pasha ranks 2. Before him is Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Mahidevran, Benvenuto Cellini, Gülfem Hatun, Fatma Sultan, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Wu Cheng'en, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Hernando de Soto, John of Ávila, and Al-Mutawakkil III. Among people deceased in 1561, Rüstem Pasha ranks 2. Before him is Şehzade Bayezid. After him are Gülfem Hatun, Menno Simons, Lope de Aguirre, Bairam Khan, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Matteo Bandello, Claude Garamond, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Sayri Túpac, and Jan Tarnowski.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Rüstem Pasha ranks 4 out of 700. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856), Josip Broz Tito (1892), and Diocletian (244). After him are Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), Valens (328), Franjo Tuđman (1922), János Kádár (1912), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), Pope John IV (600), and Pope Caius (250).

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Among POLITICIANS In Croatia

Among politicians born in Croatia, Rüstem Pasha ranks 3. Before him are Josip Broz Tito (1892), and Diocletian (244). After him are Valens (328), Franjo Tuđman (1922), János Kádár (1912), Crispus (305), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Ivan Ribar (1881), Joanna II of Naples (1373), Tomislav of Croatia (null), and Stjepan Radić (1871).

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