Gürcü Mehmed Pasha

Gürcü Hadım
Mehmed
Pasha

An Ottoman miniature of the pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
27 September 1651  20 June 1652
Monarch Murat IV
Preceded by Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I
Succeeded by Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha
Personal details
Died 1665
Buda, Ottoman Hungary
Nationality Ottoman
Origins Georgian

Gürcü Mehmed Pasha (also known with the epithet Hadım, "eunuch"; died 1665, Buda)[1] was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 27 September 1651 and 20 June 1652.[2]

He was the former slave of Koca Sinan Pasha, a previous, prominent grand vizier.

See also

References

  1. Uzunçarsılı, İsmail Hakkı, (1954) Osmanlı Tarihi III. (2). Section, XVI. Yüzyıl Ortalarından XVII. Yüzyıl Sonuna kadar, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu (6th edition, 2011) ISBN 978-975-16-0014-1 , pp. 402–404
  2. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 39.
Political offices
Preceded by
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
27 September 1651 – 20 June 1652
Succeeded by
Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha


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