Hadji Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman commander and politician of Greek Muslim origin who lived in Sanjak of Smederevo. He fought in the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791) and the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774). In the period between 1793 and 1801 he was Vizier of the Sanjak of Smederevo. On 15 December 1801 he was murdered by Kučuk-Alija, one of four rebel Janissary leaders (dahije) who took control over the sanjak.
Hadži Mustafa Pasha's assassination by Kuchuk Alija, plate from 1802
The Sanjak of Smederevo, also known in historiography as the Pashalik of Belgrade, was an Ottoman administrative unit (sanjak), that existed between the 15th and the outset of the 19th centuries. It was located in the territory of present-day Central Serbia.
The Sanjak of Semendri (Smederevo) depicted within the 1829 borders of the Ottoman empire. At this time, the Sanjak had been succeeded by the autonomous Principality of Serbia.