According to Joseph von Hammer,[1] he was a descendant of Sadrettin Konevi, a 13th-century Sufi.
He was instrumental in executing the able grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha in 1644.
Seeing the end of his predecessor, the new grand vizier Semiz Mehmed Pasha became a very ineffective statesman.
[4] When Ibrahim was dethroned in 1648 and replaced by Mehmed IV, the new grand vizier Sofu Mehmed Pasha faced the problem of bonus salaries (Turkish: culus bahşişi), the traditional salary paid to soldiers upon the enthronement of the new sultan.
But during his travel, Cinci fell ill in Mihalcık (now Karacabey in Bursa Province, Turkey).