Bayezid Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 1413 – July 1421 | |
Monarchs | Mehmed I Murad II |
Preceded by | Imamzade Halil Pasha |
Succeeded by | Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Elder |
Personal details | |
Born | Albanian origin |
Relations | Hamza Bey (Brother) |
Parent | Amasyalı Yahşi Bey (Father) |
Bayezid Pasha or Beyazid Pasha (also known as
Biography
While 15th-century Byzantine historian
After the disastrous
Under Mehmed I, Bayezid Pasha crushed the rebellion of Sheikh Bedreddin in 1420.
After Mehmed I's death on May 26, 1421, upon Mehmed's request, Bayezid Pasha kept the sultan's death a secret for the 40 days it took his son and successor Murad II to arrive in the capital to ascend the throne. This move was in order to avoid a civil war in an empire still reeling from that of the Ottoman Interregnum.
In July 1421, only two months after Murad II's coronation, Bayezid Pasha, still grand vizier, was sent to lead an army against the rebellion of Mustafa Çelebi, Murad II's uncle. Bayezid's forces met with Mustafa in the area of the future village of Sazlıdere in Keşan, Edirne in central Thrace. In the midst of battle, Bayezid Pasha's forces deserted him and joined Mustafa Çelebi's forces, forcing him to surrender to Mustafa. Mustafa's ally Junayd of Aydın, distrustful of Bayezid, urged Mustafa to execute him, which Mustafa did promptly by beheading him. Junayd spared Bayezid's brother Hamza Bey, however, who in 1425 would be the one to avenge him by having Junayd and his family executed. Bayezid Pasha's grave is at the site in Sazlıdere.
References
- ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 9. (Turkish)
- ISBN 9789004121065. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- ISBN 9781136513183. Retrieved 2014-12-26.