Ka cika wannan magana: An ba shi laƙabi "Fazıl", wanda ke nufin "mai hikima" (daga Larabci "fazilet", wanda ke nufin "hikima"), don rage haraji da kuma inganta ilimi. A gefe guda kuma, yana da mugunta a yaƙi. Ya jagoranci sojojin Ottoman a cikin Yakin Austro-Turkish (1663-64). A farkon Yuli 1664, ya yi nasarar lalata Novi Zrin a arewacin masarautar Croatia bayan kusan kewayewar wata daya. Ko da yake an ci nasara a cikin
Yaƙin Saint Gotthard, ya sami damar samun yanki ta hanyar Zaman Lafiya na Vasvár a 1664.