Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha

Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, also called Silahdar Ali Pasha, (Iznik 1667 - Belgrade 1716) was an Ottoman Turkish general and Grand Vizier.

Early life

He was born in İznik (ancient Nikaea), near Bursa, Turkey. His father’s name was Hacı Hüseyin. He was trained in the Enderun palace school in Istanbul and during the reign of Mustafa II he was appointed to be the personal secretary of the sultan. In 1709, he was engaged to the daughter of Ahmet III, gaining the title damat (English: bridegroom) and was appointed as the Second Vizier. On 27 April 1713, he became the Grand Vizier.

Term as Grand Vizier

Shortly after his appointment, he succeeded in ratifying the Treaty of Pruth with Russia, thus securing the northern frontiers of the Ottoman Empire at Dnieper River.[1]

By early 1714, his attention shifted to the Morea (the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece), which had been held by the Republic of Venice since the Morean War and the 1699 Treaty of Karlowitz. The Ottomans had never been reconciled to its loss. When the Venetians gave refuge to rebels from Montenegro in their Dalmatian province, and some of their merchants were involved in disputes with Ottoman vessels, the Ottoman Porte ( government) swiftly used this as a pretext to declare war.

The subsequent campaign in 1715, led by Silahdar Ali Pasha himself, was an overwhelming success, as the entire Morea fell quickly and with little bloodshed to the Ottoman army.

However, Habsburg Austria, an ally of Venice, also declared war against the Ottomans. In 1716, Ali Pasha moved to Austrian front where he commended the Ottoman army against an Austrian forces led by Prince Eugene of Savoy at the battle of Petrovaradin (5 August 1716). During the battle Ali Pasha lost his life.[2] His tomb is in Belgrade.

After his death he was called Şehit Ali Pasha (English: martyr).

References

  1. ^ Biography of Ahmet III (Turkish)
  2. ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt III, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 268-269
Preceded by
Hoca İbrahim Pasha		 Grand Vizier
27 April 1713 - 5 August 1716		 Succeeded by
Hacı Halil Pasha
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