Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha ( Ottoman Turkish: بیقلی مهمد پاثا, died 24 December 1521) known as Fatih Pasha, was an Ottoman

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and governor of

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Military career

After the

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(1514), he commanded the East Front against Safavids from 1515 to 1521. In this campaign, he captured the Diyarbakır, Mardin, Raqqa, Mosul and other important cities of the Southeastern Anatolia and Northern Iraq regions. He defeated the Safavid army twice in the Battle of Tekiryaylağı (1515) and the Battle of Koçhisar (1516). He commanded the Ottoman left flank at the

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against the

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army. After this battle, he turned to the eastern front to continue his campaign. During his campaign, he became a Vizier Governor of Diyarbakır after the siege and capture of Diyarbakır.Mehdi İlhan, 140 He commanded this front until his death in 1521.

Sources

* Mehdi, İ. (2015). Amid (Diyarbakır). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu. *Mehdi, İ. (1981). Diyarbakır Fatihi ve Beylerbeyi Bıyıklı Mehmed Paşa. * Hoca Sadeddin Efendi. (1585). Tâcü’t-Tevârîh - IV. İstanbul * Göyünç, N. (1969). XVI’ncı Yüzyılda Mardin Sancağı. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. *https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/biyikli-mehmed-pasa

References

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