Hadım Ali Pasha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hadım
Ali
Office1:22nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Monarch1:Bayezid II
Term Start1:1506
Term End1:1511
Predecessor1:Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Successor1:Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Monarch2:Bayezid II
Term Start2:1501
Term End2:1503
Predecessor2:Mesih Pasha
Successor2:Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Birth Place:Drozgometva, Bosnia
Death Date:July 1511
Death Place:Çubukova, between Kayseri and Sivas, Ottoman Empire
Father:Radošin, son of Vučihna, son of Ostoja
Nationality:Ottoman
Blank1:Noble Family
Data1:Ostoya or Ostoja
Battles:Şahkulu Rebellion

Hadım Ali Pasha (Turkish: Hadım Ali Paşa; died July 1511), also known as Atik Ali Pasha (Turkish: Atik Ali Paşa), was an Ottoman statesman and eunuch[1] (hadım means "eunuch" in Turkish) of Bosnian origin. He served as governor of Rumeli, and led the Ottoman army in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491, but was defeated at Adana in 1488. He was then named Grand Vizier from 1501 to 1503, and again from 1509 to 1511. During his latter tenure, he led the suppression of the Alevi-led Şahkulu Rebellion, but died in battle near Sivas along with the rebel leader Şahkulu himself.

Life

He was from Drozgometva village in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2]

He served as governor of Rumeli, and led the Ottoman army in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491, but was defeated at Adana in 1488. He was then appointed grand vizier in 1501–1503, and again in 1509–1511. During his latter tenure he led the suppression of the Alevi-led Şahkulu Rebellion, but fell in battle near Sivas along with the rebel leader Shahkulu himself in July 1511.[3] [4]

Legacy

He had two eponymous mosques built in the Fatih district of Istanbul, one being the Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (completed 1497) in the Çemberlitaş neighborhood and the other being the Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (completed 1512) in the Karagümrük neighborhood.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peirce, Leslie P.. Leslie P. Peirce. The Imperial Harem Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. 304. Oxford University Press. 1993. 9780195086775.
  2. http://www.islamansiklopedisi.info/ Islam Encyclopaedia
  3. Book: Finkel, Caroline . Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300–1923 . John Murray . London . 2006 . 978-0-7195-6112-2 . 91–92, 99–101.
  4. Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp. 225–226