Sokollu Mehmed Pasha: The Grand Vizier of Three Sultans

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha was one of the most powerful and influential statesmen of the sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire. Rising through the Ottoman administrative system, he eventually became Grand Vizier and served under three sultans: Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. During his long political career, Sokollu played a major role in imperial administration, diplomacy, military affairs, and the management of Ottoman territories at a time when the empire stretched across three continents.