built a bridge in Kadegra, that thus became Köprü, from which the family name of Mehmed (who was originally stationed there, and where he was sanjak-bey) was taken. Together they had a number of children, the best known of whom being Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha. See also Köprülü era Köprülü family List of Ottoman Grand Viziers References N. Sakaoğlu (1999), Bu Mülkün Sultanları, İstanbul: Oğlak. Bibliography External links 1570s births 1661 deaths People from Berat Mehmet Pasha 17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Albanian Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire Albanian Pashas Albanians from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century Albanian people 17th-century Albanian people Cretan War (1645–1669)