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Benderli Ali Pasha

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Ali
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
23 March 1821 – 30 April 1821
MonarchMahmud II
Preceded bySeyyid Ali Pasha
Succeeded byHacı Salih Pasha
Personal details
Died1821
Cyprus,Eyalet of the Archipelago,Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman

Benderli Ali Pashawas anOttomanstatesman.He wasGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

He ruled from 23 March 1821 to 30 April 1821 as grand vizier of SultanMahmud II[1]He came to Constantinople on 21 April 1821 and was actually only nine days in power.[1]

He was the last grand vizier clearly executed upon a clear order by a Sultan (Mahmud II).

According to Ottoman biography textbook calledSicill-i Osmani,on 12 April 1821[citation needed]he was diminished by Sultan Mahmud and was sent to exile inRhodes,where he died later. Controversially according to Ottoman annals by royal historian Vak'a-nüvisAhmet Cevdet Efendi(textbook calledTarih-i Cevdet), he was sent in exile toCyprusand after his departure royal executors were sent to the island.[citation needed]He was interred atKaracaahmet Cemeteryin theÜsküdardistrict ofIstanbul.

Sources

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  1. ^abİsmail Hâmi Danişmend,Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı,Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 72.(in Turkish)
Preceded by Grand Vizier
23 March 1821 – 30 April 1821
Succeeded by