Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha

Mustafa Pasha Koprulu Fazıl (* 1637, † August 19, 1691 at Slankamen ) was 1689-1691 Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

Koprulu Fazıl Mustafa was a son of Mehmed Koprulu and 1683-1684 first Wali (Governor ) of the United Province Silistrien. Süleyman II made him in 1689 to his Grand Vizier, after the Ottoman army after several disasters from Hungary and Poland and the fleet out of the Mediterranean had been forced to withdraw. He began with the arrangement of strict austerity measures and reforms of the tax system. He even sat through voluntary donations to the military an example that many followed. With this money, he built the fleet as soon as possible.

His wisdom is reflected in the prudent measures which he / نظام جديد /, New Order ' for the improvement of the conditions of the Christian Rayas conducted as part of the Nizam -ı Cedîd, and that giving them security of life and property granted; a conciliatory gesture that was once in Greece fruits, where the people came back again under the protection of the gate.

He came in 1691 at the Battle of Slankamen against the Austrians under Louis William of Baden to death, which led to a total defeat of the Turks and their expulsion from Hungary.