Ermeni Süleyman Pasha

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Malatyalı Süleyman Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
August 19, 1655 – February 28, 1656
MonarchMehmed IV
Preceded byKara Dev Murad Pasha
Succeeded byGazi Hüseyin Pasha
Personal details
Born1607
Malatya,
DiedFebruary 28, 1687 (aged 79–80)
Istanbul
NationalityOttoman of Armenian ethnicity
Spouse
(m. 1656)
NicknameKoca

Ermeni Suleyman Pasha (Armenian: Էրմենի Սուլեյման Փաշա) also Koca was an Ottoman statesman of Armenian ethnicity. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 19 August 1655 until 28 February 1656.[1]

He attended Enderun school. Served as governor of Sivas then of Erzurum. He was married to the daughter of Sultan Ahmed I, Ayşe Sultan. After being demoted from the position of Grand Vizier, he was appointed as the governor of Bosnia then as kaymakam of Istanbul, Özü, then Istanbul, and Erzurum again. After this last position, he retired and died in Istanbul.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 40. (Turkish)
  2. ^ Meydan Larousse Büyük Lugât ve Ansiklopedi, 1965