Çorlulu Ali Pasha

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Çorlulu Ali Pascha (* around 1670 in Çorlu ; † December 26, 1711 in Mytilini ) was an Ottoman statesman and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire .

Life

Ali was born around 1670 as the son of a farmer or barber in Çorlu ( Eastern Thrace ). The Kapıcıbaşı Turkmen Kara Bayram Ağa adopted the boy during the reign of Sultan Ahmed II. Ali was trained at the Enderun School and then employed as a civil servant in the Galata Sarayı, then served in the inner area of ​​the Topkapı Palace ( Enderûn-i Hümâyûn ) and the Emanat-ı mukaddese , an area of ​​the palace's treasury that was responsible for the relics . In 1700 Ali was promoted to silâhdar . In this office he reformed the hierarchy of Enderûn-i Hümâyûn , in which the silâhdar got significantly more power than the black chief eunuch ( Kızlar Ağası ). As a result, the silâhdar became the most important mediator between the sultan and the grand vizier and overseer of the palace boys ( iç oğlan ), the servants in the inner area of the sultan 's palace.

After the Cebeci uprising in 1703, Ali Pasha was dismissed at the urging of Grand Vizier Rami Mehmed Pasha and Sheikh al-Islam Feyzullah Efendi, because they feared the power and success of Ali Pasha, and went as the third vizier to Edirne, where he was was also governor. He then served in some provinces of the empire until the Sultan appointed him on May 3, 1706 as the successor to the previous Grand Vizier Baltacı Mehmed Pasha . Two years later, in 1708, he married Emine Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Mustafa II, and received the honorary title damad , which was reserved for men who married into the imperial family. As Grand Vizier he went to great lengths to regulate public finances by reducing government spending. He also paid special attention to improving the shipyards and increasing the number of ships in the Ottoman fleet.

During his time as Grand Vizier, the Hungarians asked for help against the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy and the Russian Empire. The Ottoman Empire sided with the Swedish King Charles XII. when he invaded Ukraine and promised him the help of the khan of Crimea . But Sultan Ahmed III. believed these promises would violate the Russo-Ottoman peace treaty of 1700 and forbade Ali Pasha to provide any assistance. When Charles XII. was defeated in Poltova in 1709 and fled to Ottoman territory, he blamed Ali Pasha for the defeat and asked the Sultan to remove him from office. In fact, the Sultan released him on June 16, 1710 and exiled him to the Aegean island of Mytilene, where he was executed on December 26, 1711. His head was brought to Istanbul and buried in the cemetery of the mosque in Çarşıkapı.

legacy

Ali Paşa Çorlulu had numerous structures built, including the Ali Pasha Mosque in the Çarşıkapı district of Istanbul, which was built in 1708/09 and had a medrese , convent and library, and the Kışla Camii (built in 1707/08). He also had nine wells built in Istanbul and a school in his home town of Çorlu. His large book collection is now in the Süleymaniye Library.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Hatice Aynur: Ali Paşa Çorlulu . In: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson (Eds.): Encyclopaedia of Islam , 3rd online edition, accessed April 30, 2020
  2. ↑ a b Çorlulu Ali Paşa , biyografya.com, accessed April 30, 2020
  3. ↑ a b c d Çorlulu Ali Paşa , İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, accessed on April 30, 2020
predecessor Office successor
Baltacı Mehmed Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
May 3, 1706 - June 16, 1710 		Köprülü Numan Pascha
personal data
SURNAME Çorlulu Ali Pasha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ottoman civil servant, statesman and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
DATE OF BIRTH around 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH Çorlu
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1711
Place of death Mytilene