Çoban Mustafa Pasha

Çoban Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. Likely born in Bosnia-Herzegovina or Serbian Sandzak, and collected through Devshirme to Janissaries, where he gradually rose through the ranks, he eventually served as kapıcıbaşı, vizier, and beylerbey for the Ottoman Empire during various parts of his life.
After serving as kapıcıbaşı for some time, Mustafa was appointed a vizier in 1511 under Bayezid II, and finally [List of Ottoman Empire|Ottoman governors of Egypt|beylerbey (governor)] of the Egypt Eyalet of the empire in 1522, serving for one year.
Mustafa Pasha was married to a daughter of Selim I, Şahzade Sultan With her he had at least one daughter, named Ayşe Hanımsultan. Şahzade died before 1517, but their daughter lived at least until 1556. In 1517, Mustafa was remarried to another of Selim's daughters, Hatice Sultan, full sister of Sultan Suleiman I. They had a son, Sultanzade Mehmed Şah, and at least two daughters, Hanım Hanımsultan and an other/others whose name is unknown.
Mustafa Pasha participated in the Siege of Belgrade in 1521 and the Siege of Rhodes the next year, both of them decisive Ottoman victories under sultan Suleiman I. During the Siege of Rhodes, he was the Serdar-ı Ekrem.
Mustafa Pasha died around April 1529 on the way to the Siege of Vienna.

Legacy

In 1492, Mustafa Pasha ordered to be built the mosque in Skopje which bears his name.
At some point, Mustafa Pasha had a bridge built in Svilengrad in southern Bulgaria, and it was named after him as Mustafa Pasha Bridge.
Mustafa Pasha's mausoleum is in Gebze, Turkey, in a complex he had built himself and which was completed in 1522.