Iskender Pasha was an Ottoman commander and the beylerbey of Oczakov. In 1620 Iskender Paşa led an Ottoman army, with Wallachian contingents against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of
Contemporary depiction of İskender Paşa’s Polish campaign, TPML, H. 1124, 35b-36a.
Battle of Cecora (1620)
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The Battle of Cecora took place during the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ottoman forces, fought from 17 September to 7 October 1620 in Moldavia, near the Prut River
Iskender Pasha (governor of Ozi)
…Oczakov (Ozi). In 1620 Iskender Paşa led an Ottoman army, with Wallachian contingents (13,000-22,000) against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Cecora, where he was victorious. In 1613–1614 he was the beylerbey of the Bosnia Eyalet…
Death of Hetman Stanislaw Żółkiewski with his confessor, Father Szymon Wybierski, in the Battle of Cecora (1620), painting by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski
Tatar warriors of the Crimean Khanate during the Battle of Cecora (1620)