Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An lakafta shi "Fazıl", ma'ana "mai hikima" (daga Larabci "fazilet", ma'ana "hikima"), don rage haraji da 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 yakin Saint Gotthard
, ya sami damar samun yanki ta hanyar Zaman Lafiya na Vasvár a shekara ta 1664.