Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha

Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha (1592–1644) was an Ottoman commander and grand vizier. Born to an Albanian family at Vlorë, he rose through the Janissary corps and was famed as an archer; his epithet Kemankeş means bow-puller. He became Agha of the Janissaries in 1635 and Kapudan Pasha, the grand admiral.

He fought at the capture of Baghdad in 1638, and after the grand vizier died during the siege, Murad IV appointed him as his successor. Under Sultan Ibrahim he concentrated power, until a palace faction led by Kösem Sultan secured his dismissal and execution in 1644.