Who married Kara Mustafa Pasha?

  • Fatma Sultan married Kara Mustafa Pasha in .

    The marriage ended on . Cause: death of subject's spouse

Kara Mustafa Pasha: Marriage Status Timeline

Kara Mustafa Pasha

Kara Mustafa Pasha (died 1628) was an Ottoman statesman who served twice as the Ottoman governor of Egypt, firstly from 20 July to 9 October 1623 and secondly from 12 February 1624 to 16 May 1626. He also served earlier as the agha (chief) of the Janissary corps in 1623.

Mustafa Pasha was educated in the Enderun palace school. He married Fatma Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Ahmed I, in 1628 but was executed that same year by the reigning Sultan (and his new brother-in-law) Murad IV.

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Fatma Sultan

Fatma Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: فاطمه سلطان; 1605, Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, – 1670,) was an Ottoman princess. She was the daughter of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603–1617) and Kösem Sultan, sister of Murad IV (r. 1623–1640) and Ibrahim (r. 1640–1648), and the paternal aunt of Mehmed IV (r. 1648–1687), Suleiman II (r. 1687–1691) and Ahmed II (r. 1691–1695). She is known for her many political marriages.

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