He belonged to the Malkoçoğlu family and served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 16 October 1603 to 26 July 1604[1] replacing Yemişçi Hasan Pasha.
[2][3][4][5][6] His installation as Grand Vizier took place on 29 December 1603, over two months after his appointment and a week after the accession of Ahmed I, due to the time it took him to settle affairs in Egypt and travel to Constantinople.
[7] In the summer of 1604 he left the capital to take up command of Ottoman forces in the on-going war against the Habsburgs.
He fell sick on the journey and died in Belgrade on 26 July 1604.
[8] He was succeeded by Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha as the next Grand vizier of the Ottoman empire.