Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha

Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha (?-1646) was a 17th century Ottoman grand vizier. This epithet Sultanzade means descendant of a sultana. Because Mihrimah Sultana, the daughter of Süleyman I was one of his grand mothers. Also two former grand viziers Rüstem Pasha and Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha were his grandfathers. Sometimes the ephitets Civankapıcıbaşı (one of his former posts in the Ottoman palace) and semiz (meaning fat) are also used.

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Early years

He was born to Abdurrahman and Ayşe. 1637 he was appointed as the governor of Egypt. Three years later, during the reign of İbrahim, he returned to İstanbul as a vizier in the Ottoman divan. In 1641 he was appointed as the governor of Özü (modern Ochakiv in Ukraina) and tasked with capturing the fort of Azak (modern Azov in Russia) which had recently been lost to Cossacks. He was successful in recapturing the fort . In 1643 he was appointed as the governor of Damascus (in modern Syria) .This appointment was probably due to the secret power struggle between him and the Grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha.[1]

As a grand vizier

In 1644 he succeeded the grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha, who was executed. Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha was a victim of palace intrigues and a quack hodja named Cinci Hoca. Well aware of hodja’s influence on the sultan and the tragedy of the previous grand vizier, he was too cautious in governance and became an ineffective grand vizier. He became a yes man of the sultan. According to Lord Kinross [2] one day the sultan asked why he never opposed any opinion to which he replied "Every opinion of the sultan has a deep aphorism even if subjects are unable to understand." Although he was against declaring war on Republic of Venice,[3] his cautious objections were not taken into consideration and the Cretan War (1645–1669) soon began in 1645 (which was financially disastrous to both sides).

Later years

In 1645 Sultan Ibrahim deposed him. His next mission was in Crete island (in modern Greece) which was the theatre of the recently started war as the commander of the army (Turkish: serdar). But he soon died of natural reasons.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ayhan Buz: Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap, İstanbul,2009, ISBN 978-975-254-278-5, p.99
  2. ^ Lord Kinross: The Ottoman centuries (translated by Meral Gaspıralı) , Altın Kitaplar, İstanbul, 2008, ISBN 978-975-21-0955-1, p306
  3. ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt III, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p. 90
Preceded by
Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha		 Grand Vizier
31 January 1644 – 17 December 1645		 Succeeded by
Nevesinli Salih Pasha
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Damad Melek Mehmed Pasha (1792–1794) • Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1794–1798) • Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1798–1805) • Hafiz Ismail Pasha (1805–1806) • Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha (1806–1807) • Çelebi Mustafa Pasha (1807–1808) • Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1808) • Çavuşbaşı Memiş Pasha (1808–1809) • Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1809–1811) • Laz Aziz Ahmed Pasha (1811–1812) • Hursid Pasha (1812–1815) • Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1815–1818) • Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1818–1820) • Seyyid Ali Pasha (1820–1821) • Benderli Ali Pasha (1821) • Hacı Salih Pasha (1821–1822) • Deli Abdullah Pasha (1822–1823) • Silahdar Ali Pasha (1823) • Mehmed Said Galip Pasha (1823–1824) • Mehmed Selim Pasha (1824–1828) • Darendeli Mehmed Pasha (1828–1829)  • Reşid Mehmed Pasha (1829–1833)  • Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1833–1839)  • Husrev Pasha (1839–1840) • Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1840–1841)  • Darendeli Mehmed Pasha (1841–1842)  • Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1842–1846)  • Mustafa Reshid Pasha (1846–1848) • Ibrahim Sarim Pasha (1848)  • Mustafa Reshid Pasha (1848–1852)  • Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1852)  • Mustafa Reshid Pasha (1852)  • Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1852) • Damad Mehmed Ali Pasha (1852–1853) • Mustafa Naili Pasha (1853–1854)  • Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1854)  • Mustafa Reshid Pasha (1854–1855)  • Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1855–1856) • Mustafa Reshid Pasha (1856–1857) • Mustafa Naili Pasha (1857)  • Mustafa Reshid Pasha (1857–1858)  • Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1858–1859)  • Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1859)  • Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1859–1860)  • Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1860–1861)  • Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1861)  • Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1861–1866)  • Yusuf Kamil Pasha (1863)  • Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1863–1866)  • Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1866–1867)  • Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1866–1871)  • Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1871–1872)  • Midhat Pasha (1872)  • Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1872–1873)  • Ahmed Esad Pasha (1873)  • Şirvanlızade Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (1873–1874)  • Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1874–1875)  • Ahmed Esad Pasha (1875)  • Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1875–1876)  • Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1876–1876)  • Midhat Pasha (1876–1877)  • Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (1877–1878)  • Ahmed Hamdi Pasha (1878)  • Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1878)  • Mehmed Sadık Pasha (1878)  • Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1878)  • Saffet Pasha (1878)  • Hayreddin Pasha (1878–1879)  • Ahmed Arifi Pasha (1879)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1879–1880)  • Kadri Pasha (1880)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1880–1882)  • Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha (1882)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1882)  • Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1882)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1882–1885) • Kâmil Pasha (1885–1891)  • Ahmed Cevat Pasha(1891–1895)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1895)  • Kâmil Pasha (1895)  • Halil Rifat Pasha (1895–1901)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1901–1903)  • Mehmed Ferid Pasha (1903–1908) • Mehmed Said Pasha (1908)  • Kâmil Pasha (1908–1909) •  • Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1909)  • Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (1909) • Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1909–1910) • Ibrahim Hakki Pasha (1910–1911)  • Mehmed Said Pasha (1911–1912)  • Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1912)  • Kâmil Pasha (1912–1913) • Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1913) • Said Halim Pasha (1913–1917)  • Mehmed Talat Pasha (1917–1918)  • Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1918)  • Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (1918–1919)  • Damad Ferid Pasha (1919)  • Ali Riza Pasha (1919–1920)  • Salih Hulusi Pasha (1920) • Damad Ferid Pasha (1920) • Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (1920–1922)