Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha 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...

 statesman

Statesman

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. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

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...

 during 4 hours on 5 March 1656. He is sometimes excluded from the lists of Ottoman Grand Viziers. He was promoted from in-attorney title to the rank of full grand vizier due to the influence he exerted on the sultan for Gazi Hüseyin Pasha

Gazi Hüseyin Pasha

Ghazi Husain Pasha or Deli Husain Pasha was an Ottoman military officer and stateman. He was Kapudan Pasha in the 1630s and briefly Grand Vizier in the late 1650s.- Early years :...

's dismissal from the office. His appointment caused an uprising in Istanbul and he was exiled after having held the seal for four hours.