Rum Mehmed Pasha
Rum Mehmed Pasha ( Ottoman روم محمد باشا, also Rum Muhammad Pascha ) was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II from 1466–1470 . His dates of birth are unknown, but there are varying dates between 1470 and 1474 for the year of death.
Mehmed Pascha, the nickname روم / Rūm orرومی / Rūmī of Greek origin, was educated in the palace and took part as the second vizier in Mehmed's 1466 action against the Karamanoğlu . He then accused the incumbent Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha of negligence in persecuting them and of lacking harshness in the resettlement of the inhabitants of the defeated Beyliks to Constantinople. Thereupon he was deposed by the Sultan and Rum Mehmed Pasha was appointed Grand Vizier. During his term of office, the campaigns against Albania and Euboea fall , in which Mehmed Pasha probably did not take part. He was still entrusted with the task of repopulating the capital. He was accused of having reintroduced the mukataa after free land ownership had previously been the rule. In truth, this measure was probably taken on the orders of the Sultan. The historian Aschikpaschazade also accuses him of having thwarted the respectful treatment of religious scholars ( ulema ) at court. In 1470 he was dismissed from office and made governor (Vali) of the newly conquered Konya province . After a defeat against the Warsak tribe near the Cilician Gate , he was executed. Şehabeddin Tekindağ and Franz Babinger give 1470 as the date of his death , while AH de Groot, who cites a building inscription on the Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque, gives 1472. Mehmed Süreyya and Halil İnalcık assume 1474 to be the year of their death. The reasons for his release and execution are also controversial.
Rum Mehmed Pasha had the Kurşunlu Han caravanserai built in Ankara , which today houses parts of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations . He is buried in the Rum Mehmed Pasha Mosque in Istanbul 's Üsküdar district, which was built on his behalf .
literature
- JH Kramers: Muḥammad Pa sh a, Rūm in M Th Houtsma, TW Arnold, AJ Wensinck: EJ Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 , Brill 1993 p. 692 ISBN 9789004097964 at GoogleBooks
- AH de Groth: Meḥmed Pa sh a, Rūm. In: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. 6, Brill, Leiden, p. 1000.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Théoharis Stavrides: The Sultan of Vezirs. The Life and Times of the Ottoman Grand Vezir Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1453-1474). Brill, Leiden, Boston, Cologne 2001, ISBN 9789004121065 , p. 65 at GoogleBooks
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Veli Mahmud Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1466–1469 |
Ishak Pasha |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rum Mehmed Pasha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rum Muhammad Pasha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ottoman Grand Vizier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |