Rum Mehmed Pasha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rum
Mehmed
Office1:14th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Monarch1:Mehmed II
Term Start1:1466
Term End1:1469
Predecessor1:Mahmud Pasha Angelović
Successor1:Ishak Pasha
Death Date:1470
Death Place:Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Nationality:Ottoman

Rum Mehmed Pasha (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: روم محمد پاشا; Turkish: Rum Mehmed Paşa; 1466–d. 1470) was an Ottoman statesman, known for being the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1466 to 1469 and the main rival of Mahmud Pasha Angelović. As his name suggests, he was of Greek descent.[1]

Upon the urging of Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha, Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror dismissed Rum Mehmed Pasha from office in 1469 and had him executed by drowning in 1470.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Théoharis Stavrides. The Sultan of Vezirs: The Life and Times of the Ottoman Grand Vezir Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1453-1474). 2001. BRILL. 90-04-12106-4. 65ff.