Köprülü Mehmed Pasha: Difference between revisions

'''Köprülü Mehmed Pasha''' ({{lang-ota|كپرولی محمد پاشا}}, {{lang-tr|Köprülü Mehmet Paşa}}, {{IPA|tr|ˈcœp.ɾy.ly mehˈmet paˈʃa|pron}}; {{Lang-sq|Mehmed Pashë Kypriljoti}} or ''Qyprilliu'', also called ''Mehmed Pashá Rojniku''; {{circa}} 1575, [[Roshnik]],– 31 October 1661, [[Edirne]]) was [[List of Ottoman grand viziers|Grand Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and founding patriarch of the [[Köprülü family|Köprülü political dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Finkel |first=Caroline |title=Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923 |publisher=Basic Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-465-02396-7 |pages=253–4}}</ref> He helped rebuild the power of the empire by rooting out corruption and reorganizing the Ottoman army. As he introduced these changes, Köprülü also expanded the borders of the empire, defeating the [[Cossacks]], the [[Hungarians]], and most impressively, the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]]. Köprülü's effectiveness was matched by his reputation.<ref name="history1">{{cite book|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World|author= Alexander Mikaberidze|date= 22 July 2011|isbn= 978-1-59884-337-8|author-link= Alexander Mikaberidze|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C&pg=PA487 |access-date=22 September 2012}}</ref>