Koca Davud Pasha

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Koca Davud Pascha (* around 1446 ; † October 20, 1498 in Didymoticho ) was an Ottoman general and from 1483 to 1497 Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire . The nickname Koca means big or old , he also had the nickname damat , which is an honorary title for men who have married into the sultan's family.

Life

Davud Pasha was born in Albania and converted from Christianity to Islam. As part of the boy harvest , Davud came to Istanbul, attended the Enderun palace school and began a career in the Ottoman army.

In 1473, as Beylerbey des Eyâlet Anatolia, he became the commander of the Ottoman army in the victorious battle of Otlukbeli against the Aq Qoyunlu .

In 1478 he was given control of the troops marching against Shkodra from Sultan Mehmed II , who was besieging Kruja . Davud Pasha succeeded in conquering the city of Shkodra and thus conquered the last fortress of the League of Lezha . This ended the Ottoman-Albanian wars. The following year he was Sandschakbey of Sandzak Bosnia and commander of Akıncı -Kavallerie. He carried out extensive attacks and raids on the Kingdom of Hungary .

In 1483 he was appointed Grand Vizier. In this position he led the Ottoman army in the campaign of the Ottoman-Mamluckenkrieges (1485-1491) of 1487. Davud Pasha initially planned a comprehensive offensive expedition against the Mamlucken, but his plan was rejected by Bayezid II , who commissioned him to attack the Turgutlu and Varsak tribes. When Davud Pasha reached the Turgut and Varsak areas, the Varsak leaders, including the tribal chief, submitted to him and swore allegiance to the Ottoman Empire.

Koca Davud Pascha died in Didymoteicho in 1498 and left behind a large fortune, with which numerous foundations were established that established many public buildings.

Buildings

Davud Pascha's buildings are mainly located in the area of ​​the former Arcadius Forum north of Koca-Mustafapașa-Caddesi in Istanbul. In this area in 1485 he built a mosque with 108 shops, a madrasa , a school, a hospice, a soup kitchen for the poor and a well. The entire district was named Davutpaşa after him and is now part of the Fatih district. In the Yenikapı district he built a palace, a jetty, eleven shops and public baths. His other public buildings include a Besistan in Bitola and shops in Skopje and Bursa . Davud Pasha's baths in Skopje are the largest in the Balkans. In modern times they are used as an art gallery.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Koca Davud Paşa , İslâm Ansiklopedisi, Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, accessed on May 9, 2020
  2. ^ Stanford J. Shaw: History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1976, ISBN 978-0-521-29163-7 , p. 72
  3. ^ A b Franz Babinger, ralph Manheim, William C. Hickman: Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time . Princeton University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6 , p. 362 ( online at Google Books )
  4. ↑ a b Har-El Shai: Struggle for domination in the Middle East: the Ottoman-Mamluk War, 1485-91 . BRILL, Leiden 1995, ISBN 978-90-04-10180-7 , p. 149 ( online at Google Books )
  5. ↑ Kenneth Meyer Setton: A History of the Crusades . Volume 6, University of Wisconsin Press, 1969, p. 329
  6. ↑ a b Nagendra Kr. Singh: International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties . Anmol Publications PVT. LTD., ISBN 978-81-261-0403-1 , p. 366 ( online at Google Books )
  7. ↑ Cem Behar: A neighborhood in Ottoman Istanbul: fruit vendors and civil servants in the Kasap İlyas Mahalle . SUNY Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7914-5682-8 , p. 32 ( online at Google Books )
  8. ↑ Thammy Evans: Macedonia . Bradt Travel Guides, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84162-297-2 , p. 117 ( online at Google Books )
predecessor Office successor
Ishak Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1483 - March 8, 1497 		Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
personal data
SURNAME Koca Davud Pasha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ottoman statesman and grand vizier
DATE OF BIRTH around 1446
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1498
Place of death Didymoticho