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Rüstem Paşa
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Ottoman statesman (14..–1561)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Süleyman I
- Preceded by
- Hadım Süleyman Pasha
- Succeeded by
- Kara Ahmed Pasha
- Born
- c. 1505 , Skradin or Sarajevo or Makarska or elsewhere
- Died
- 10 July 1561 (1561-07-10) (aged 55–56), Constantinople , Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul , Turkey)
- Resting place
- Şehzade Mosque
- Spouse
- Mihrimah Sultan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1539 )
- Relations
- Sinan Pasha (brother)
- Children
- Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan , Sultanzade Osman Bey
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Skradin
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Spouse
- Mihrimah Sultan
- Child
- Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan
- Sibling
- Sinan Pasha
- Occupation
- patron of the arts
- Educated at
- Enderûn
- Languages spoken
- Ottoman Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Noble title
- pasha
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Ruestem presumably.jpg
- Significant event
- devşirme
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- relative
- Semiz Ahmed Pasha
- date of birth
- 1500-05-20
- date of death
- 1561-07-10
- place of burial
- Şehzade Mosque
- Commons Creator page
- Rüstem Pasha
- Commons category
- Rüstem Pasha
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- Damat Rüstem Paşa
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Encyclopedic overview
Rüstem Pasha ( Turkish pronunciation: [ɾysˈtæm pa.ʃa]; Ottoman Turkish: رستم پاشا; c. 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. He 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. He is regarded as one of the most influential and successful grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
Rüstem Pasha was taken as a child to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), where he built a military and bureaucratic career under the protection of Hürrem Sultan, Süleyman's favorite and legal wife and Mihrimah's mother. His brother Sinan Pasha was an Ottoman grand admiral.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rüstem Paşa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.