Hafız Ahmed Pasha
Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 25 October 1631 – 10 February 1632 | |
| Monarch | Murad IV |
| Preceded by | Gazi Hüsrev Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Topal Recep Pasha |
| In office 28 January 1625 – 1 December 1626 | |
| Monarch | Murad IV |
| Preceded by | Çerkes Mehmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Damat Halil Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1564 |
| Died | 10 February 1632 (aged 67–68) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Sultanzade Mustafa Bey Sultanzade Fülan Bey |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | |
Hafiz Ahmed Pasha (1564, Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire – 10 February 1632, Istanbul), also known by epithet Muezzinzade ("muezzin's son"), was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier twice.[1]
He was born as the son of a Pomak muezzin.[2] He went to Istanbul at the age of 15. He was an employee in the sultan's palace for many years. From 1609 on, he became Governor of Damascus (Damascus), Van (Turkey), Erzurum (Turkey), Baghdad (Ottoman Iraq), and other Anatolian eyalets. He married Ayşe Sultan, a daughter of Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan,[3][4][5] on 13 March 1626.[6] With her, he had two sons, Sultanzade Mustafa Bey and Sultanzade Fülan Bey.[6][7] He was killed in office during a revolt on 10 February 1632, when the Janissaries attempted to overthrow Sultan Murad IV.[8]
See also
References
- ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)
- ^ Danişmend (1971), p. 33. (Turkish)
- ^ Peirce 1993, pp. 147–148.
- ^ Gibb, E.J.W. (1901). Ottoman Literature: The Poets and Poetry of Turkey. Universal classics library. M.W. Dunne. pp. 236–237.
- ^ Freely, John (1999). Inside the Seraglio: Private Lives of the Sultans in Istanbul. Viking. ISBN 978-0140270563.
Such serial marriages of a princess occurred frequently in the Osmanlı dynasty in the century after Süleyman, allowing the royal family to establish a network of alliances with the most powerful of the pashas. Kösem, in particular, used her daughters to help maintain herself in power for nearly half a century. As she wrote to the Grand Vizier Hafiz Ahmed Pasha in 1626, a few months before he became her daughter Ayşe's third husband: 'Whenever you're ready, let me know and I'll act accordingly. We'll take care of you right away. I have a princess ready. I'll do just as I did when I sent out my Fatma'
- ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 232.
- ^ Uluçay 1985, p. 50.
- ^ Gibb, E.J.W. (1901). Ottoman Literature: The Poets and Poetry of Turkey. Universal classics library. M.W. Dunne. pp. 236–237.
Sources
- Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195-08677-5.
- Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: Vâlide sultanlar, hâtunlar, hasekiler, kadınefendiler, sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. p. 303.
- Uluçay, Mustafa Çağatay (1985). Padışahların kadınları ve kızları [The wives and daughters of the sultans] (in Turkish). Türk Tarihi Kurumu Yayınları.