Topal Osman Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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| In office 21 September 1731 – 12 March 1732 | |
| Monarch | Mahmud I |
| Preceded by | Kabakulak Ibrahim Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1663 General |
| Battles/wars | Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718) Ottoman–Persian War |
Topal Osman Pasha (1663–1733) was an
Life
Osman was born ca. 1663 in the Morea (Peloponnese) peninsula to Turkish[1][2] parents. His family was originally from Konya in Anatolia. At a young age he entered the Sultan's service, enrolling in the corps of the kozbekçi and then the pandurs. By the age of 24, he had already risen to the rank of beylerbey.[3] Sent on a mission to the Governor of Egypt, his ship was attacked en route by a Spanish privateer. Osman was captured after a fight, in the course of which he received a wound which left him lame in one foot for life, earning him the epithet "Topal" (Turkish for "lame").[3]
Taken initially to
In 1720 he was appointed as governor of
After his dismissal, Topal Osman served briefly as governor of the
In the next year, however, Nader Shah repeated his invasion. Topal Osman's army at Kirkuk had been weakened by the Ottoman government, with experienced men transferred west and replaced by low-quality levies, although he retained a numerical superiority over the Persians. In the ensuing battle near Kirkuk, Topal Osman was killed and his army routed. A Persian soldier cut off Topal Osman's head and brought it to Nader Shah, who, after ordering his opponent's corpse found, returned his remains to the Ottomans, out of deep respect for an adversary he considered to be worthy.[7] They were buried with full honours in the Imam Qasim mosque in Kirkuk.[5]
Family
His son, Ahmed Ratib Pasha, had married
References
- ^ Yaşaroğlu, Kamil "Osman Paşa (Topal)" (1999) Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş. C.2 s.414 (in Turkish)
- ^ Sevinç, Necdet (1985). Osmanlı sosyal ve ekonomik düzeni. Üçdal Neşriyat. p. 326.
Topal Osman Paşa – Milliyeti: Türk
- ^ a b c Mantran 2000, p. 564.
- ^ Mantran 2000, pp. 564–565.
- ^ a b c d e Mantran 2000, p. 565.
- ^ Axworthy 2006, pp. 131–134.
- ^ Axworthy 2006, pp. 139–141.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-85043-706-2.
- Mantran, R. (2000). "Ṭopal ʿOt̲h̲mān Pas̲h̲a, 1. Grand Vizier (1663-1733)". In ISBN 978-90-04-11211-7.
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