Çalık Ali Pasha
Hacı· Çalık · Merzifonlu Ali | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 23 March 1692 – 17 March 1693 | |
| Monarch | Ahmed II |
| Preceded by | Arabacı Ali Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Merzifon,Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 11 October 1698 Heraklion,Ottoman Crete |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Origins | Turkish |
Çalık Ali Pasha(alsoHacı Çalık Ali PashaorMerzifonlu Çalık Ali Pasha;died 1698) was anOttomanstatesman who served asgrand vizierduring the reign ofAhmed II.
Early life[edit]
Ali Pasha was aTurkfromMerzifon,a city in north-centralAnatolia,and a subordinate ofMerzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha,who was also from Merzifon. Although his fellow countryman was executed after the unsuccessfulsiege of Viennain 1683, Ali continued to work as a civil servant. He traveled toMecca(now inSaudi Arabia) for pilgrimage and gained the titleHacı,and in 1688, he was appointed as governor of theSanjak of Sakız Island(modern-dayChios,Greece). In 1690, he was appointed as the governor ofErzurum Eyaletand then as the governor ofDiyarbekir Eyalet(both in modern-dayTurkey).
As Grand Vizier[edit]
On 23 March 1692, Ali Pasha was appointed theGrand Vizierof theOttoman Empire.His first action as grand vizier was to travel to the battlefield to observe the course of the ongoing war, theGreat Turkish War.He made arrangements to repair the rampart ofBelgrade(in modern-day Serbia). Upon returning toIstanbul,the capital, he concentrated on improve the state of the treasury, which was running a deficit due to the costly war. He authorized Canibi Ahmet, thedefterdar(finance minister), for this task. However, although the treasury was recovered, Ali Pasha soon became the target of severe criticisms and opposition by political rivals because of his policy of economic austerity. The sultan asked him to dismiss Canibi Ahmet, but Çalık Ali Pasha tried to defend Ahmet Canibi. Failing to convince the sultan, he resigned on 17 March 1693 after a year in the office.[1]
Later years[edit]
In the absolute monarchical system of the Ottoman Empire, objection to the sultan's order was unheard of. However,Ahmed IIbeing one of the more tolerant sultans, did not punish Çalık Ali Pasha. Instead, he offered Ali Pasha a governorship. Ali Pasha spent the rest of his life inBursa(in modern-day Turkey) and in Candia (modern-dayHeraklion,on the island ofCrete), where he died in 1698.
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References[edit]
- ^Ayhan Buz: Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap İstanbul,2009,ISBN978-975-254-278-5p.139-142
