Bekri Mustafa Pasha

Tekirdaghi Bekri Mustafa Pascha (Turkish: Tekirdağlı Bekri Mustafa Paşa ) was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1688/89 . He was of Turkish origin and came from the eastern Thracian city ​​of Tekirdağ .

The Ottoman failures in the Great Turkish War (loss of Buda in 1686, Erlau , Stuhlweissenburg , Esseg and Athens in 1687; defeat of Mohács in 1687) had led to unrest within the Ottoman Empire and especially among the Janissaries and other troops. As a result, Sultan Mehmed IV was deposed on November 8, 1687 and his brother Suleyman II was enthroned . The two predecessors, Bekri Mustafa Pasha in the Grand Vizier, also fell victim to the chaos. Mustafa, as a former Janissary, enjoyed a relatively large following among them. His greatest merit was the restoration of calm in the empire. He was able to beat the supporters of Mehmed IV and thus end the civil war-like conditions and consolidate Suleyman II's rule.

In the war against the Christians, however, it was unable to bring about a turnaround - even in the face of an empty state treasury. On September 6, 1688, the imperial troops under Max Emanuel von Bayern were able to take the key fortress of Belgrade . Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden invaded Bosnia and Serbia in 1688 and 1689 with several thousand soldiers. His victory at Niš on September 24, 1689 and the at least temporary occupation of important places in Serbia , Macedonia and Kosovo also meant the end of Bekri Mustafa Pascha. He had to give up the Grand Viziero and was banished to Malkara .

predecessor	Office	successor
Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire May 30, 1688–7. November 1689	Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pascha