Lala Shahin Pasha

Lala Şahin Paşa
Died after 1382
Buried at Plovdiv
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
Years of service ca. 1360-1382
Wars, campaigns and battles Battle of Maritsa (1371)
Battle of Bileća (1388)

Lala Shahin Pasha (Turkish: Lala Şahin Paşa; 1330 - after 1382) was the first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was the teacher (lala) of Sultan Murad I, and when Murad succeeded the throne, Shahin led the Ottoman campaign of Thrace.[1] In 1360, he took Didymoticho, and in 1362, Adrianople, which afterwards served as the Ottoman seat Edirne.[2] In 1364, he took Boruj and Plovdiv. He was one of commanders in Battle of Maritsa (1371) and the leader of the Battle of Bileća (1388).[3] As of 1382, he ruled in Sofia.

References

  1. ^ Villani M., "Istoria", RISS, XIV, Milano (1729), p. 549-550
  2. ^ Inalcik, "The Conquest of Edirne", The Ottoman Empire: Conquest, Organization and Economy, London (1978), p. 155-159
  3. ^ Setton, Kenneth Meyer; Robert Lee Wolff, Harry W. Hazard, Norman P. Zacour. A History of the Crusades. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 246–247. ISBN 0299107442. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TKaPrQPFIAMC&pg=PA247.