Sarı Süleyman Pasha

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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
18 November 1685 – 18 September 1687
MonarchMehmed IV
Preceded byBayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha
Succeeded byAbaza Siyavuş Pasha
Personal details
Born
Ottoman Army
RankCommander-in-Chief
Battles/warsGreat Turkish War
Second Battle of Mohács
.

Sarı Süleyman Pasha (

Second Battle of Mohács
.

In Turkish, his epithet sarı means "blond (haired)", literally "yellow".

Early life

He was of Bosnian descent.[2][3][4] Sarı Süleyman Pasha was born in Taşlıca (Pljevlja, now Montenegro),[5] in the Bosnia Eyalet.[6]

He was the kdhya of Grand Vizier

master of the horse.[7]

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

After Sarı Süleyman Pasha was appointed grand vizier, he immediately began to write desperate letters to the Great Khan of the

Battle of Buda (1686). Although Sarı Süleyman Pasha made several attempts to break the blockade around Buda, the city was ultimately captured by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine. Soon afterwards the Ottomans had even lost Székesfehérvár
.

Süleyman Pasha thereafter commanded his forces to hold what remained of the Ottoman north against their opponents and even sent Mehmet Agha to negotiate peace with

.

After the defeat

Süleyman II
.

See also

References

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)[page needed]
  2. ) say.425-426
  3. ^ * Aslan, Adnan "Süleyman Paşa (Sarı)", (1999), Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş. C.2 s.568 ISBN 975-08-0072-9
  4. ^ Mehmed Süreyya (haz. Nuri Akbayar) (1996), Sicill-i Osmani, İstanbul:Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları ISBN 975-333-0383 C.III s.69 [1]
  5. ^ Simpozijum seoski dani Sretena Vukosavljevića. Opštinska zajednica obrazovanja. 1978. p. 156.
  6. ^ Uzunçarşılı 1954, p. 424
  7. ^ Studia Austro-Polonica. Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. 1983. p. 319.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

18 November 1685 – 18 September 1687
Succeeded by