Fazıl Mustafa Köprülü, Ghazi Fazıl Mustafa Köprülü (in ) (1637 – August 19, 1691) was an Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 grand vizier

Grand Vizier

Grand Vizier, in Turkish Vezir-i Azam or Sadr-ı Azam , deriving from the Arabic word vizier , was the greatest minister of the Sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the Sultan himself...

 in the 17th century when the Ottoman Empire was engaged in a war against Holy Alliance countries in the Great Turkish War

Great Turkish War

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. He was a member of the Köprülü family

Köprülü era

The Köprülü era was the period which Ottoman Empire's politics were set by the Grand Viziers, mainly the Köprülü family, which was a notable family of imperial bureaucrats of Albanian origin. Köprülü family generated grand viziers to the Empire, combining ambition with genuine talent...

 of Albania

Albania

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n origin. His father Köprülü Mehmet Pasha, his elder brother Fazıl Ahmet Pasha, as well as his two brothers-in-law (Kara Mustafa Pasha and Abaza Siyavuş Pasha

Abaza Siyavuş Pasha

Siyavuş Pasha , also called Abaza Siyavuş, was a short term Ottoman grand vizier who held the post during one of the most chaotic periods of the empire.- Early years :...

) were fornmer grand viziers.
Hardly able to take control of events himself after the Austrian victory at The second Battle of Mohács

Battle of Mohács (1687)

The Second Battle of Mohács, also known as the Battle of 'Berg Harsány', was fought between the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, commanded by the Grand-Vizier Sari Süleyman Paşa, and the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, commanded by Charles of Lorraine...

, Sultan

Sultan

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 Suleiman II

Suleiman II

Suleiman II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691...

 nevertheless made crucial choice by appointing Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha as his Grand Vizier

Grand Vizier

Grand Vizier, in Turkish Vezir-i Azam or Sadr-ı Azam , deriving from the Arabic word vizier , was the greatest minister of the Sultan, with absolute power of attorney and, in principle, dismissable only by the Sultan himself...

. But when Russia

Russia

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 began it involvement and formally joined an alliance of European powers it launched the devastating Crimean campaigns

Crimean campaigns

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. Under Köprülü's leadership the Ottomans halted an Austrian

Austria

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 advance into Serbia

Serbia

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 and crushed an uprising in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. Until Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha was killed in the Battle of Slankamen

Battle of Slankamen

The Battle of Slankamen was fought near Slankamen in the Ottoman Sanjak of Syrmia on August 19, 1691 between the Ottoman Empire, and the forces of Austria and states of the Holy Roman Empire as part of the Great Turkish War.The Ottomans had suffered partial military collapse against the Austrians...

 by Austrian

Austrian

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forces.