Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha

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Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha (

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
from 20 June 1652 to 21 March 1653, when he was executed because of the economic reforms he initiated.

Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha was born in the area of modern

Mehmet IV (r. 1648–1687), he attempted to forestall the decline and reform the Ottoman bureaucracy. Tarhoncu Ahmed was the first grand vizier to draft an annual budget in advance of the coming fiscal year. However, his reforms threatened the conservative forces in the Ottoman elite, who secured his execution on 21 March 1653 by spreading the false rumour that he intended to depose the sultan. This effectively ended the attempts at reform for several years.[citation needed
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See also

References

  • Stanford Jay Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, vol. 1, Empire of the Gazis: The Rise and decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1280–1808 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976), 205–206.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ottoman Governor of Egypt

1648–1651
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire

20 June 1652 – 21 March 1653
Succeeded by