Ermeni Süleyman Pasha Explained

Malatyalı Süleyman Pasha
Nickname:Koca
Office1:Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Monarch1:Mehmed IV
Term Start1:August 19, 1655
Term End1:February 28, 1656
Predecessor1:Kara Dev Murad Pasha
Successor1:Gazi Hüseyin Pasha
Birth Date:1607
Birth Place:Malatya
Death Date:February 28,
Death Place:Istanbul
Nationality:Ottoman of Armenian ethnicity

Ermeni Suleyman Pasha (Armenian: Էրմենի Սուլեյման Փաշա) also Koca was an Ottoman statesman of Armenian ethnicity. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 19 August 1655 until 28 February 1656.[1]

He attended Enderun school. Served as governor of Sivas then of Erzurum. Married to the daughter of Sultan Ibrahim I, Ayşe Sultan. After being demoted from the position of Grand Vizier, he was appointed as the governor of Bosnia then as kaymakam of Istanbul, Özü, then Istanbul, and Erzurum again. After this last position, he retired and died in Istanbul[2]

Notes and References

  1. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 40. (Turkish)
  2. Meydan Larousse Büyük Lugât ve Ansiklopedi, 1965