On this day (31 October 1661 CE), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman State died in Edirne, modern-day Turkey at the age of 86 years.
He was appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottomans by the Ottoman
Sultan Mehmed IV (grandson of Sultan Ahmed I).Köprülü Mehmed Pasha’s appointment saw him granted many powers and his time as Grand Vizier saw a reform of the Ottoman government that placed more power in the hands of the bureaucracy instead of the Sultan.
He helped rebuild the power of the Ottomans by rooting out corruption and reorganizing the Ottoman army; under his watch, the Ottomans also experienced continued geographical growth in Eastern Europe.
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