Hadım Ali Pasha

This article is about the Ottoman grand vizier. For the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Bosnia, and Diyarbekir (died 1560), see Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha.

Hadım Ali Pasha
22nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 1506–1511
Monarch	Bayezid II
Preceded by	Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded by	Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
In office 1501–1503
Monarch	Bayezid II
Preceded by	Mesih Pasha
Succeeded by	Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Personal details
Born	Drozgometva, Bosnia
Died	July 1511 Çubukova, between Kayseri and Sivas, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Parent	Radošin, son of Vučihna, son of Ostoja (father)
Noble Family	Ostoya or Ostoja
Military service
Battles/wars	Şahkulu Rebellion †

Hadım Ali Pasha (Turkish: Hadım Ali Paşa; died July 1511), also known as Atik Ali Pasha (Turkish: Atik Ali Paşa), was an Ottoman statesman and eunuch^[1] (hadım means "eunuch" in Turkish) of Bosnian origin. He served as governor of Rumeli, and led the Ottoman army in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491, but was defeated at Adana in 1488. He was then named Grand Vizier from 1501 to 1503, and again from 1509 to 1511. During his latter tenure, he led the suppression of the Alevi-led Şahkulu Rebellion, but died in battle near Sivas along with the rebel leader Şahkulu himself.

Life

He was from Drozgometva village in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[2]

He served as governor of Rumeli, and led the Ottoman army in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491, but was defeated at Adana in 1488. He was then appointed grand vizier in 1501–1503, and again in 1509–1511. During his latter tenure he led the suppression of the Alevi-led Şahkulu Rebellion, but fell in battle near Sivas along with the rebel leader Shahkulu himself in July 1511.^[3][4]

Legacy

He had two eponymous mosques built in the Fatih district of Istanbul, one being the Gazi Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (completed 1497) in the Çemberlitaş neighborhood and the other being the Vasat Atik Ali Pasha Mosque (completed 1512) in the Karagümrük neighborhood.

See also

• List of Ottoman grand viziers

References

1. Peirce, Leslie P. (1993). The Imperial Harem Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 304. ISBN 9780195086775.
2. Islam Encyclopaedia (in Turkish)
3. Finkel, Caroline (2006). Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300–1923. London: John Murray. pp. 91–92, 99–101. ISBN 978-0-7195-6112-2.
4. Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 pp. 225–226

Political offices
Preceded by Mesih Pasha	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1501–1503	Succeeded by Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Preceded by Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1506–1511	Succeeded by Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha