Ahmed was of
Albanian origin. He married
Fatma Sultan, the daughter of Sultan
Selim I in 1522. That year, his army took three other castles (
Veszprém,
Szolnok and
Lipova) before failing at the
siege of Eger. '' H.1524, f.176b. After
Sultan Suleiman executed his eldest son
Şehzade Mustafa in October 1553, there appeared some sort of dissatisfaction and unrest among soldiers who blamed
Rüstem Pasha for Mustafa's death. Then Suleiman dismissed Rüstem Pasha and appointed Kara Ahmed Pasha as his Grand Vizier in October 1553. Ahmed Pasha had previously been the second Vizier. But almost two years later, Kara Ahmed was strangled to death on Suleiman's order on 29 September 1555. It is said that the reason for the execution was due to political manoeuvrings of Suleiman's legal wife
Hürrem Sultan, who wanted her son-in-law Rüstem to become the Grand Vizier again. After the death of Kara Ahmed, Rüstem Pasha became the Grand Vizier (1555–1561) once more. ==Legacy==