Kara Murat Pasha, or Kara Dev Murad Pasha, lit. Courageous Giant Murat Pasha in Ottoman Turkish; (1595 - 1655), was an Ottoman Albanian statesman and military officer. He served as Kapudan Pasha and twice as Grand Vizier. His epithet Kara ("black") refers to his courage and Dev ("giant") to his physical size.
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1595
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1655 (aged 59) Hama, Ottoman Syria
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