Ishak Pasha
| Ishak Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
|
In office 1469–1472 | |
| Monarch | Mehmet II |
| Preceded by | Rum Mehmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Mahmud Pasha Angelovic |
|
In office 1481–1482 | |
| Monarch | Beyazıt II |
| Preceded by | Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Koca Davud Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1469 |
| Died |
1497 Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Spouse(s) |
Tacünnisa Sultan Hatun Hatice Halime Hatun |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire |
Ishak Pasha (Turkish: İshak Paşa; fl. 1469–died 1497) was an Ottoman general, statesman, and later Grand Vizier.[1]
Origin
Jean-Claude Faveyrial reveals that Ishak Pasha was Albanian.[2] Halil Inalcik believes that Ishak Pasha is created by the confusion between several Ottoman Ishak Pashas (particularly Ishak bin Abdullah and Ishak bin Ibrahim) and Ishak Bey.[3] The confusion can be illustrated with Beltaci's statement that Ishak Pasha was of Croatian or Greek origin and that he served three different sultans.[3]
Career
His first term as a grand vizier was during the reign of Mehmet II ("the Conqueror"). During this term, he transferred Turkmen people from their Anatolian city of Aksaray to newly conquered Constantinople in order to populate the city, which had lost a portion of its former population prior to the 1453 conquest. The quarter of the city where the Aksaray migrants was settled is now called Aksaray.[4]
His second term was during the reign of Beyazıt II. He died in 1497 in Thessaloniki.
In popular culture
- Ishak Pasha is referenced in the 2011 video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations, as the leader of the Assassin Brotherhood in the Ottoman Empire. Ishak Pasha's armor was hidden underneath the Hagia Sophia, and was later recovered by the protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
- In 1951 film, İstanbul'un Fethi, Alev Elmas played Ishak Pasha.
- Ishak Pasha is played by Yılmaz Babatürk in 2012 film Fetih 1453.
- Mentioned together with Mehmet II in the song The Fall Of Constantinopel by the neofolk band H.E.R.R..
See also
References
- ↑ Radushev, Evg (2003). Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library. Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. p. 228.
- ↑ Faveyrial, Jean-Claude (1888). Histoire de l'Albanie (in French). archives of the House of the Lazarite Missionaries in Paris. p. 215.
- 1 2 Théoharis Stavrides (2001). The Sultan of Vezirs: The Life and Times of the Ottoman Grand Vezir Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1453-1474). BRILL. p. 64. ISBN 978-90-04-12106-5. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
There is considerable confusion regarding Ishak Pasha [...] Ishak Pasha was of Greek or Croatian origins
- ↑ Ayhan Buz: Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, ISBN 978-975-254-278-5 P.22
Further reading
- Danişmend, İsmail Hâmi (1961), Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, İstanbul:Türkiye Yayınevi.
- Tektaş, Nazım (2002), Sadrazamlar-Osmanlı'da İkinci Adam Saltanatı, İstanbul:Çatı Kitapları.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rum Mehmed Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1469–1472 |
Succeeded by Mahmud Pasha Angelovic |
| Preceded by Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1481–1482 |
Succeeded by Koca Davud Pasha |
