Kasım Pasha
Kasım Pasha | |
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| Native name | Kasım Paşa |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Rank | beylerbey |
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Kasım Pasha or Kasem Pasha (Turkish: Kasım Paşa; fl. 1442–43) was an Albanian Ottoman general and governor, the beylerbey of Rumelia and one of the commanders of the Ottoman forces during the Crusade of Varna (1443–44).
When Rumelian beylerbey and vizier Hadım Şehabeddin was defeated by John Hunyadi in 1442, he was replaced by Kasım Pasha at both positions.[1]
Crusade of Varna
At the beginning of the Crusade of Varna
Kasım Pasha commanded Ottoman forces that chased Christian army after the Battle of Zlatica held at the end of 1443.[7] His army was defeated on 24 December 1444 on Melštica near Sofija and many Ottoman officers were captured by Christian army.[8]
There was a big mutual animosity between Kasım and Turahan and some Ottoman sources blame Turahan for Kasım's defeat at Melštica claiming that Serbian Despot Branković bribed Turahan not to participate in the battle which ended with the defeat of his rival, Kasım.[9]
When the Sultan banished
References
- ^ Jefferson 2012, p. 280
(12 May 1442–30 April 1443 ad) Şehabeddin is listed as beylerbey, a position which he held until his defeat by Hunyadi in 1442 whereupon he was replaced as beylerbey by Kasım Pasha... he thus succeeded Şehabeddin in both offices.
- ^ Jefferson 2012, p. 326
- ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6,
The combined host met Ottoman forces first on November 3, 1443, between the castle of Bolvan (near Aleksinac) and the city of Niš. Here Kasim Bey, then governor of Rumelia, Ishak Bey and other standard bearers were defeated.
- ^ Konstantin Mihailović (1975). Memoirs of a Janissary. Published under the auspices of the Joint Committee on Eastern Europe, American Council of Learned Societies, by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan. p. 214.
- OCLC 470458159,
In the course of their flight Kasım and Turahan burned all villages between Niš and Sofia.
- ISBN 978-975-428-015-9.
- ^ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. Odeljenje društvenih nauka (1970). La liberation des villes en Serbie de domination Turque. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 137.
- ^ Skopsko naučno društvo (1925). Glasnik Skopskog naučnog društva.
- ^ Željko Fajfrić (1999). Sveta loza Brankovića. Grafosrem.
Успео је да дође у везу са Турахан Бегом и да га убеди (златом вероватно) да у боју не узме учешће, а све играјући на међусобну нетрпељивост Турахан бега и главнокомандујућег Касим бега.
- ^ Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. Odeljenje društvenih nauka (1970). La liberation des villes en Serbie de domination Turque. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 138.
Sources
- Jefferson, John (2012). The Holy Wars of King Wladislas and Sultan Murad: The Ottoman-Christian Conflict from 1438-1444. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-21904-5.