Lala Mehmed Pasha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Lala
Mehmed
Office1:Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Monarch1:Mehmed III
Term Start1:19 November 1595
Term End1:28 November 1595
Predecessor1:Koca Sinan Pasha
Successor1:Koca Sinan Pasha
Birth Place:Gölmarmara, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:28 November 1595
Death Place:Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Nationality:Ottoman

Lala Mehmed Pasha (died 28 November 1595) was an Ottoman military commander and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Mehmed III.[1]

Born in Gölmarmara in western Anatolia, he became a lala (tutor) to the Sultan Murad III and then to his son Mehmed III, hence his nickname. After having married the daughter of Mehmed III's daye (wet nurse) Halima Khatun, Mehmed Pasha rose to serve as Grand Vizier in 1595, the first year of Mehmed III's reign, although only for a matter of few days before he suddenly died.[1] [2] His lineage continued for centuries, coming all the way to Husein Avni Pasha.

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Notes and References

  1. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)
  2. Book: The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. 978-0-19-508677-5. Leslie P. Peirce. Oxford University Press, USA. 1993. registration.