Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha
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Sultanzade Civankapıcıbaşı Mehmet Pasha |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office January 31, 1644 – December 17, 1645 |
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| Monarch | Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Nevesinli Salih Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
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In office 1637–1640 |
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| Preceded by | Gazi Hüseyin Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Nakkaş Mustafa Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1603 |
| Died | July 1646 (aged 43) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha (1603 – July 1646) was a 17th-century Ottoman grand vizier. The epithet Sultanzade means son of a sultana.
He was born in 1603. His father, Abdurrahman Bey, was a grandson of Rüstem Pasha, while his mother, Ayşe Hanım Sultan, was a daughter of Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha.
In 1637, he was appointed as the governor of Egypt. Three years later, during the reign of İbrahim, he returned to İstanbul as a vizier in the Ottoman divan. In 1641, he was appointed as the governor of Özü (modern Ochakiv in Ukraine) and tasked with capturing the fort of Azak (modern Azov in Russia), which had recently been lost to the Cossacks. He was successful in recapturing the fort. In 1643, he was appointed as the governor of Damascus (in modern Syria). This appointment was probably due to the secret power struggle between him and the grand vizier, Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha.
In 1644, he succeeded the grand vizier Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha, who was executed. Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha was a victim of palace intrigues and a quack hodja named Cinci Hoca. Well aware of hodja’s influence on the sultan and the tragedy of the previous grand vizier, he was too cautious in governance and became an ineffective grand vizier. He became a yes man of the sultan. According to Lord Kinross, one day the sultan asked why he never opposed any opinion to which he replied, "Every opinion of the sultan has a deep aphorism even if subjects are unable to understand." Although he was against declaring war on the Republic of Venice, his cautious objections were not taken into consideration and the Cretan War (1645–1669) soon began in 1645, which was financially disastrous to both sides.
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