Güzelce Ali Pasha

Güzelce Ali Pasha (Ali Pasha the Handsome; died 9 March 1621), also known as Çelebi Ali Pasha or İstanköylü Ali Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman and military figure. He was Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy) around 1617 and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1619 to 1621.[1]

Güzelce

Ali

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
23 December 1619  9 March 1621
MonarchOsman II
Preceded byÖküz Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded byOhrili Hüseyin Pasha
Personal details
BornIstanköy, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Kos, Greece)
Died9 March 1621
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
NationalityOttoman

He was the son of İstanköylü Ahmed Pasha, an Ottoman governor of Tunis.

Güzelce Ali Pasha died of inflammation of the gallbladder on 9 March 1621, although there were rumours that Sultan Osman II himself had crept into Ali's tent and strangled him with his own hands due to an ill-advised military campaign on the Polish borderlands.

See also

References

  1. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)
Political offices
Preceded by
Öküz Mehmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
23 December 1619 – 9 March 1621
Succeeded by
Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha


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