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Kara Mustafa Pasha
Kara Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman grand vizier of the late seventeenth century. He led the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, which was broken by a relief army under Jan III Sobieski. The defeat led to his execution and began a long series of Ottoman territorial losses in central Europe.

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