Hadim Sinan Pasha
| Hadim Sinan Pasha |
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|---|---|
| Grand vizier | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 April 1516-22 January 1517 |
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| Monarch | Selim I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Borovinići, Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Died | 1517 Ridaniya, Egypt |
| Religion | Sunni, Islam |
| Fell in the Battle of Ridaniya | |
Hadım Sinan Pasha, also called Hadım Pasha Boroviniç ( ? - 1517) was an Ottoman grand vizier. (Epithet Hadım means eunuch.)
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Early years [edit]
He was a devshirme from the Bosnian noble family named Borovinić. In 1514 he was the Beylerbey (high governor) of Anatolia. In the battle of Chaldiran against Safavid Persia he was in charge of right flank. After the battle he was appointed as the beylerbey of Rumeli, a post more prestigious than his former post.[1] His next mission was the conquest of the Dulkadirids, in what is now South Turkey. He was successful in both missions and Selim I appointed him as the grand vizier on 25 April 1516.[2][unreliable source?]
Death in Egypt [edit]
Sinan was Selim’s favorite grand vizier. He was active in the conquest of Syria and Egypt. On 28 October 1516 he defeated an Egyptian Mameluke army in Khan Yunis, near Gazza, Palestine.[3] Next year, he fought in the battle of Ridaniya in Egypt on 22 January 1517. In Ottoman battle tradition, the sultan was almost always in the central headquarters. But battle of Ridaniya was an exception. Selim I decided to encircle the Mameluks personally and assigned Sinan in the central headquarters. The plot was successful. The Mameluks were defeated. But before the battle was over, a Mameluke cavalry (including Tuman bay II, the Egyptian sultan) raided Ottoman headquarters and killed Sinan, thinking he was the sultan.[4] After the battle Selim expressed his sorrow saying "We won the battle but we lost Sinan."
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Ayhan Buz:Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009 ISBN 978-975-254-278-5 p 33
- ^ Biography of Hadım Sinan (Turkish)
- ^ Joseph von Hammer:Osmanlı Tarihi cilt I (condensation: Abdülkadir Karahan), Milliyet yayınları, İstanbul. p 275
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 248-249
| Preceded by Hersekli Ahmet Pasha |
Grand Vizier 26 April 1516 – 22 January 1517 |
Succeeded by Yunus Pasha |
