Arabacı Ali Pasha

Arabacı Ali Pasha (also known as Bahadırzade Ali Pasha; 1620–1693) was a short-term Albanian Ottoman grand vizier from 1691 to 1692. His epithet arabacı means "charioteer" in Turkish, an allusion to his practice of sending his political enemies to death or exile in a certain tumbrel.[1]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Ali, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Arabacı · Bahadırzade · Kadı
Ali
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
24 August 1691 – 21 March 1692
MonarchAhmed II
Preceded byKöprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
Succeeded byÇalık Ali Pasha
Personal details
Born1620
Ohrid (modern North Macedonia)
Died1693 (aged 72-73)
Rhodes (modern Greece)
NationalityOttoman
OriginsAlbanian

Early years

He was born in Ohrid (Turkish: Ohri; in modern North Macedonia) of Albanian ethnicity.[2] After serving in various government offices, he became a subordinate of Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, who was appointed as a grand vizier. The empire was engaged in Great Turkish War. Fazıl Mustafa Pasha temporarily halted Austrian advance but was killed in action during the Battle of Slankamen. Five days later, Ahmet II, the sultan appointed Ali Pasha as the new grand vizier.

As grand vizier

Ali Pasha was expected to command the army like his predecessor and mentor Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha had done. However, Ali Pasha preferred to stay in the capital, contributing to the Ottoman defeats. His inattentiveness to military affairs and harsh methods (including death sentences) towards his potential opponents caused him to lose the support of the sultan. On 21 March 1692, he was deposed.

Final days and death

Ali Pasha was first exiled to Gelibolu (a port on the Dardanelles strait, in modern Turkey) and then to the island of Rhodes (in modern Greece). However, when a rumor reached the sultan in Istanbul that he had plans return (or revolt), he was executed in Rhodes in 1693.

See also

References
  1. "Online history" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
  2. Hakan Kâzım Taşkıran, Aḥmed Ḥamdī (2008), Osmanlı'nın son dönemi ve Arnavutlar [End of the Ottoman period and the Albanians], Tepekule Kitaplığı Yayınları, p. 36


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