Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha

Kemankeş Kara Ali Paşa was a Turkish^[1] Ottoman statesman. He was the 80th grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1624.^[2] during the reign of Sultan Murad IV. He played an crucial role in the Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39). He was highly influential especially with the Janesaries.

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^ Dânişmend, İsmail Hâmi (1971). Osmanlı devlet erkânı: Sadr-ı-a'zamlar (vezir-i-a'zamlar), şeyh-ül-islâmlar, kapdan-ı-deryalar, baş-defterdarlar, reı̂s-ül-küttablar. p. 32. (in Turkish).
^ Turkish State Archives

Political offices
Preceded by Mere Hüseyin Pasha	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 10 August 1623 – 3 April 1624	Succeeded by Çerkes Mehmed Pasha

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