His wealth increased greatly through gifts and taxes of Ottoman officials: anyone who became a vizier had to pay Mehmed Pasha 50,000-60,000 ducats, and every Governor-General had to pay 15,000-20,000 or even sometimes 30,000-40,000 ducats upon ascending to the office.
Novica o sultanovi smrti se je kljub temu razvedela, zato je Sokollu Mustafa Bej pisno obvestil Sulejmanovega sina Selima o očetovi smrti.