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Semiz Ahmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: سيمز أحمد پاشا; 1492 – 27 April 1580) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 13 October 1579 until his death on 27 April 1580.
Sultanzade Şemsi Ahmed Pasha, known simply as Şemsi Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: شمسي أحمد پاشا; d. 5 March 1580), was a distinguished Ottoman nobleman and beylerbey who occupied several high-ranking posts, serving at various stages as the Ottoman governor-general of the beylerbeyliks of Damascus, Anatolia and Rumeli.
- Early Years
- Janissary Education
- Early Career
- Vizier
- Grand Vizier
Sokollu's birth name was probably Bajica, and he was of ethnic Serb origin. He was said to be born into a modest shepherd family, adherent to the Serbian Orthodox Church, in or near Sokolovići (tr. Sokol) in the vicinity of modern-day Rudo. "Sokollu" is a demonym, derived from his place of birth, whereas the suffix -lu means "from" in Turkish. His ...
He was renamed Mehmed and, first in Edirne and then in Constantinople, received a thorough Ottoman indoctrination as a recruit, first as an apprentice Janissary (in Turkish Acemi Oğlan); then in the Enderun or palace school in Topkapı Palace. As proclaimed in Baghdad on 13 March 1535, Mehmed was sent to be one of the seven retainers of the Imperial...
Mehmed in 1541 first became an Imperial Chamberlain and then the head of the Sultan's squires. In these positions he became very close to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificentand learned from him. As a soldier, Mehmed excelled at the Battle of Mohács and the first Siege of Vienna. In 1546 the Kapudan Pasha Hayreddin Barbarossa died and Mehmed was appoint...
Third Vizier
Impressed by Sokollu Mehmed's skills, the Sultan made him the Third Vizier in 1555 and he was given a place in the Imperial Council (Divan). His position as Governor-General of Rumelia was given to a Herzegovinian Janissary agha, Pertev Pasha, an old companion of Mehmed's from when they had both served under Iskender Çelebi.[citation needed] Almost immediately Sokollu Mehmed had to quell a rebellion around Salonica, led by Mustafa Bey, who pretended to be the Sultan's late son Mustafa. Sokoll...
Second Vizier
In 1561, Grand Vizier Rüstem Pasha died and was succeeded by the Second Vizier, Semiz Ali Pasha. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha in turn became Second Vizier, while Pertev Pasha became Third Vizier. On 17 August 1562, Sokollu Mehmed married Sultan Suleiman's granddaughter – Prince Selim's daughter – Ismihan Sultan (some sources read her name as Esma Han Sultan) .Mehmed spent the following years in peace, governing and administering the realm. In 1563, Mehmed's nephew, Sokollu Mustafa Bey, became sanjakb...
In June 1565, Grand Vizier Semiz Ali Pasha died. Sultan Suleiman had much confidence in Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and promoted him to this position.
Semiz Ahmed Pasha (1492 – 27 April 1580) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 12 October 1579 until his death on 27 April 1580. [1] Contents
Semiz Ahmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 13 October 1579 until his death on 27 April 1580.
Semiz Ali Pasha's tenure as grand vizier was relatively brief, beginning in 1561 and ending with his death from natural causes only four years later in 1565.
The endowment of Ottoman Governor (Wali) Ahmed Semsi Pasha (1552-1555) in Damascus contains a mosque, a madrasa, a convent and a khan. Source: Kafesçioglu, Çigdem. 1999. ""In the Image of Rum": Ottoman Architectural Patronage in Sixteenth Century Aleppo and Damascus".
