[2] Before, between and after his terms as grand vizier, he served numerous posts as governor of various provinces and districts throughout the empire.

[3] Kör Yusuf was appointed grand vizier on 25 October 1798 during the sultanate of Selim III.

[8] When Kör Yusuf entered Cairo he had Christians accused of collaborating with the French executed or exiled, and seized large amounts of wealth from them.

He remained in Cairo to dispatch the amir al-hajj to command the Hajj pilgrim caravan to Mecca.

[9] On 21 April 1805, Kör Yusuf resigned from the office of grand vizier and for a time remained in seclusion in his home.

[6] In 1808 he was appointed a second term as governor of Erzurum and was given the high-ranking post of șark seraskeri (Commander-in-Chief of the East) making him responsible for all of the Ottoman military forces in the Diyarbekir, Sivas, Trabzon, Malatya, Marash, Chorum and Mosul eyalets (provinces).