Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and Feridun Ahmed Beg

Feridun Ahmed Bey (died 16 March 1583) was an influential Ottoman official, bureaucrat, author and military officer, best known for his service in the government of

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1565–1579). He was the second husband of

Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan ota, عائشه ھما شاہ سلطان , house = Ottoman , house-type = Dynasty , father = Rüstem Pasha , mother = Mihrimah Sultan , birth_date = 1541 , birth_place = Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day I ...

, grandaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. The ''Münșeâtu's-Selâtin'' is his most important work, a two-volume compilation going back to early Islamic periods. According to Selcuk Aksin Somel, this work is "crucial for the study of early and classical periods of Ottoman history".

Biography

Feridun Ahmed Bey's date of birth is unknown. According to his own writings, he was born to a certain Abdülkadır (ʿAbd al-Qādir). Feridun Ahmed Bey was probably of '' devshirme'' origin. He was a protégé of Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and was reputable at the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566. He served as secretary of state ('' Reis ül-Küttab'') from 1570 to 1573, and as chancellor (''

Nişancı Nişancı was a high post in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman bureaucracy. The Turkish word ''nişancı'' literally means "court calligrapher" or "sealer," as the original duty of the nişancı was to seal royal precepts. History Although the post of the c ...

'') from 1573 to 1576. Following the ascension of

Murad III Murad III ( ota, مراد ثالث, Murād-i sālis; tr, III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Saf ...

(1574–1595), Sokollu Mehmed Pasha's power dwindled, and so did Feridun Ahmed Bey's. In the subsequent period he was sent to serve under the '' sanjakbeys'' of Smederevo and Köstendil. In 1581, he was recalled to Constantinople and was reappointed as ''Nişancı''. Feridun Ahmed Bey died on 16 March 1583.

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* * * Year of birth unknown 1583 deaths Devshirme 16th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire Reis ül-Küttab Nişancı 16th-century Ottoman military personnel {{Ottoman-bio-stub