Ağa Yusuf Pasha
Baltacı Mehmed Pasha | |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Nişancı Süleyman Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Died | Ottoman Army |
| Branch/service | Janissary corps |
| Rank | Agha |
| Battles/wars | Pruth River Campaign |
Ağa Yusuf Pasha (Yusuf Pasha the Agha), also known as Gürcü Yusuf Pasha (Yusuf Pasha the Georgian), was an 18th-century Ottoman military leader and Grand vizier.
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Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III (r. 1703–1730) decided to declare war on Russia. But Ağa Yusuf Pasha persuaded the Sultan to give up the idea believing that Peter the Great would finally follow the terms of the treaty. However, the Russian Tsar was still reluctant, and the angered Sultan dismissed Ağa Yusuf Pasha from his post as grand vizier on 11 November 1712. Although he was exiled to the island of Rhodes, soon he was executed under the direct orders of Sultan Ahmed III.[1]
References
- ISBN 978-975-254-278-5pp.172–173
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