Career
Origin
He was from Bosnia (see Bosnia Eyalet and Sanjak of Bosnia), and was born Christian, being brought away by the Ottomans as part of the devşirme, becoming a Janissary. He rose in the court ranks and became bostancibasi. He was the bey of Herzegovina.
He was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire briefly between 21 June 1606 – 9 December 1606.
A telhis of Dervish Mehmed to the sultan spoke of him changing the Voivode of Moldavia from Constantin Movila to Simion Movila (1606). He was strangled by Ahmed I"s order.
He was buried at Üsküdar. In the 2015 television series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Boşnak Dervish Mehmed Pasha is portrayed by Turkish actor Mehmet Kurtuluş.