Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Boynuyaralı / Boynueğri
Mehmed
Honorific-Suffix:Pasha
Office1:Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Monarch1:Mehmed IV
Term Start1:26 April 1656
Term End1:15 September 1656
Predecessor1:Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I
Successor1:Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Birth Date:1576
Birth Place:Samsun
Death Date:1665
Death Place:Eyüp, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Nationality:Ottoman
Blank1:Origins
Battles:Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39)

Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha (born:1576 Canik[1] died 1665 in Eyüp, Istanbul), also known as Boynueğri Mehmed Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 26 April 1656 to 15 September 1656.[2]

Mehmed Pasha fought in the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–39 under sultan Murad IV. He was wounded in the neck during a battle, earning him the epithets boynuyaralı ("wounded-neck" in Turkish) and boynueğri ("crooked-neck").[3] As a Sergeant General in his youth, he was involved in the execution of the satirist poet Nef'i. Although he was famous for his courage in wars in his youth, he was noted as an unsuccessful grand vizier.[4] He was of Turkish origin.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BOYNUEĞRİ MEHMED PAŞA . İslam Ansiklopedisi .
  2. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 42. (Turkish)
  3. Silahdar Tarihi, Volume 1, p. 410
  4. Sicill-i Osmânî, IV, 175-176.
  5. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 42. (Turkish)