Koca Ragıp Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
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| In office 1744–1748 | |
| Preceded by | Yedekçi Mehmet Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Yeğen Ali Pasha |
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| Born | 1698 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 8 April 1763 (aged 64–65) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | .svg){kind=small} Turkish |
| Spouse | Saliha Sultan |
| Profession | Civil servant |
Koca Mehmet Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763) was an
Grand Vizier from 1757 to 1763. He was also known as a poet. His epithet Koca means "great" or "giant" in Turkish
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Early years
His father was Şevki Mustafa, a bureaucrat in the Ottoman Empire. After completing his education, Mehmet Ragıp worked in various parts of the empire as a civil servant. He served as the chief treasurer in
reis ül-küttab (equivalent to a modern foreign minister) in 1740. He was the governor of Ottoman Egypt from 1744 to 1748,[1][2][3] when he was forced to step down by local troops.[4]
As Grand Vizier
He was appointed as Grand Vizier on 12 January 1757 by the sultan Osman III. When Osman III died ten months later, Mehmet Ragıp Pasha continued under the new sultan Mustafa III with whom he had very good relations. He married Saliha, the sultan's sister, and gained the title damat (English: bridegroom).
Ragıp's term was during an
Ottoman decline. He nevertheless enacted reforms to Ottoman administration and treasury. For the first time Ottoman revenues exceed expenditures.[5] He was an adherent of peace policy. His term in the office almost coincides with the Seven Years' War in Europe (1756-1763). Despite the danger of war, he was able to keep the Ottoman Empire out of conflict.[6] Upon his death, Mustafa III wrote an elegy (Turkish: ağıt) expressing his sorrow for his good friend.[7]
See also
References
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- ^ 'Abd al-Rahman Jabarti; Thomas Philipp; Moshe Perlmann (1994). Abd Al-Rahmann Al-Jabarti's History of Egypt. Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. p. 248.
- ISBN 9789753330411
- ISBN 975-437-141-5.
- ^ 'Abd al-Rahman Jabarti; Thomas Philipp; Moshe Perlmann (1994). Abd Al-Rahmann Al-Jabarti's History of Egypt. Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. pp. 250–251.
- ^ Bio page (in Turkish)
- ISBN 978-0-8160-6259-1, p411
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt III, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 35
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