Iskender Pasha was muslim, a member of the faith of Islam according to his role as beylerbey.
[1] He eventually rose to hsi greatest amount of power when he was made Kaymakam-Vizier.
[4] This appointment during a campaign in Instanbul of the Sultan Suleyman gave him the power to more directly manage governmental affairs.
[4] During his time leading Anadolu and Buda, he took part in the conquest of Cyprus.
[1] Iskender Pasha died shortly after the fall of Famagusta in 1571 and was buried there.