Piri Mehmed Pasha

Piri Mehmed Pasha (1465 – 1532 Silivri) was an Ottoman Turk statesman.[1][2] He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1518 to 1523.[3]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mehmed, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Piri

Mehmed

Pasha
A miniature of Ottoman Sultan Selim I (right) and Piri Mehmed Pasha
27th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
25 January 1518 – 27 June 1523
MonarchSelim I, Suleiman I
Preceded byYunus Pasha
Succeeded byPargalı Ibrahim Pasha
Personal details
Born1465
Aksaray, Ottoman Empire
Died1532 (aged 66–67)
Silivri, Ottoman Empire
Nationality Turkish
Sarcophagus of Piri Mehmed Pasha in the graveyard of the mosque named after him in Silivri, Istanbul Province.

See also

References
  1. Danişmend (1971), p. 15.
  2. Peirce,L.The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire,pg.304
  3. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 15. (Turkish)
Political offices
Preceded by
Yunus Pasha		 Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
25 January 1518 – 27 June 1523		 Succeeded by
Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha


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