 Mustafa Pasha briefly served as "kaymakam" (acting governor) of Egypt Eyalet in 1549.He had risen to the position of "Beylerbeyi" of Damascus and then to that of Fifth Vizier.The honorific ""Lala"" means "tutor to the Sultan"; he was tutor to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent's sons, including Şehzade Bayezid.