Tayyar Mehmed Pasha
Tayyar Mehmed | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 27 August 1638 – 24 December 1638 | |
| Monarch | Murat IV |
| Preceded by | Bayram Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ladik,Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 24 December 1638 Baghdad,Ottoman Iraq |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Capture of Baghdad (1638)† |
Tayyar Mehmed Pasha(died 24 December 1638) was anAlbanianOttomangrand vizier.His epithetTayyarmeans "flying", referring to his speed in military operations.
Early years[edit]
Mehmed was born to Uçar Mustafa Pasha inLadik,near theBlack Sea.He worked underNasuh Pashaas hiskethüda(chamberlain). After the death ofOsman II,he joined therebellious forcesofAbaza Mehmet,but during the battle of Kayseri in 1624, he changed sides[1]and was appointed as thebeylerbey(high governor) ofDiyarbakır(in modern southeastTurkey).
As grand vizier[edit]
During the campaign of sultanMurad IVforBaghdad(seeOttoman–Safavid War (1623–1639)), he was tasked with guardingMosul.But whenBayram Pasha,then grand vizier, died on the way to Baghdad, the sultan appointed Tayyar Mehmed Pasha as the new grand vizier.[2]
The siege ofBaghdadtook more than 40 days. The impatient sultan reprehended the Pasha, who was directing the siege cautiously to minimize losses. After this incident, Tayyar Mehmed Pasha decided for a general attack and personally took part in the fighting on 24 December 1638 in thecapture of Baghdad.Although the attack was successful, Tayyar Mehmed Pasha was killed during the fighting.[3]The sultan expressed his sorrow, saying"O Tayyar, You are worth one hundred castles [cities] like Baghdad."FollowingHadım Ali Pashain 1511 andHadım Sinan Pashain 1517, Tayyar Mehmed Pasha was the third Ottoman grand vizier to be killed in battle.[1]His father had also been killed during a siege of Baghdad in 1625.[4]
References[edit]
- ^abJoseph von Hammer:Geschichte der osmanischen Dichtkunst Vol II (translation: Mehmet Ata) Milliyet yayınları, p 184 and 221.
- ^Ayhan Buz:Osmanlı Sadrazamları,Neden Yayınları, İstanbul, 2009ISBN978-975-254-278-5p 94
- ^Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim:Türkiye tarihi Cilt III,AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 81-82
- ^Historian İlber Ortaylı's essay on Milliyet newspaper(in Turkish)
