Ishak Pasha
İshak Pasha (? - 1497, Thessaloniki) was an ethnic Serb[1] who became an Ottoman general, statesman and later Grand Vizier.[2]
His first term as a grand vizier was during the reign of Mehmet II (the conqueror). During this term he transferred Turkmen people from their Anatolian city of Aksaray to newly conquered İstanbul, to populate the city which had lost a portion of its former population prior to conquest. The quarter of the city where the Aksaray migrants had settled is now called Aksaray.[3] His second term was during the reign of Beyazıt II.
[edit] In popular culture
Ishak Pasha is referenced in the 2011 video game Assassin's Creed: Revelations, as the leader of the Assassin Brotherhood in the Ottoman Empire. Ishak Pasha's armor was hidden underneath the Hagia Sophia, and was later recovered by the protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
[edit] References
- ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 10.
- ^ Radushev, Evg (2003). Inventory of Ottoman Turkish documents about Waqf preserved in the Oriental Department at the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library. Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiĭ. p. 228.
- ^ Ayhan Buz: Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, ISBN 978-87-525-4278-5P.22
| Preceded by Rum Mehmed Pasha |
Grand Vizier 1469–1472 |
Succeeded by Veli Mahmud Pasha |
| Preceded by Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha |
Grand Vizier 1481–1482 |
Succeeded by Davud Pasha |
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