Semiz Ali Pasha
Semiz Ali Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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| In office 10 July 1561 – 28 June 1565 | |
| Monarch | Suleiman I |
| Preceded by | Rüstem Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Sokollu Mehmed Pasha |
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| Born | Prača, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 28 June 1565 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
Semiz Ali Pasha (
Egypt Eyalet from 1549 to 1553.[1][2][3] Semiz Ali Pasha was born in Prača in Bosnia (thus his secondary epithet), and replaced Rüstem Pasha as a Grand Vizier.[4] After palace schooling, he discharged high-level functions along the Ottoman Empire.[4] His epithet "Semiz" means "fat" in Turkish
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In 1561 he negotiated with the ambassador of the
Ogier de Busbecq, on the terms of a peace treaty which was ratified in Vienna in the following year.[5]
In popular culture
In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Semiz Ali Pasha was played by the Turkish actor Fatih Dokgöz.
See also
References
- ISBN 9789753330411
- ISBN 975-437-141-5.
- ISBN 978-0-19-979879-7.
- ^ a b Murvar, Vatro (1989). Nation and Religion in Central Europe and the Western Balkans: The Muslims in Bosna, Hercegovina, and Sandžak : a Sociological Analysis. FSSSN Colloquia and Symposia, University of Wisconsin. p. 34.
- ^ Ogier de Busbecq (2005), Turkish Letters, Eland, London, pp. 124 - 160
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