Kara Mustafa Pasha (governor of Egypt)

Kara · Damat
Mustafa
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
In office
16 February 1624  16 May 1626
MonarchMurad IV
Preceded byÇeşteci Ali Pasha
Succeeded byBayram Pasha
In office
20 July 1623  9 October 1623
MonarchsMustafa I
Murad IV
Preceded bySilahdar Ibrahim Pasha
Succeeded byÇeşteci Ali Pasha
Personal details
Died1628
NationalityOttoman
Spouse
(m. 1623)

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.