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Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the Albanian ( tr, Arnavut Abdurrahman Abdi Paşa; 1616–1686) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman politician and military leader of Albanians, Albanian descent, who served as the last governor of the Budin Eyalet, province of Budin.
The relief forces of Sarı Süleyman Pasha, Grand Vizier Suleiman never arrived to support the troops within Buda. After more than 2 months of bombardment and a series of unsuccessful attacks, the city was reduced to ashes in the first days of September. 3000 of his troops survived, but Abdurrahman pasha himself was killed in the first lines when on September 2, the troops of the Habsburg emperor breached the northern walls ending 145 years of Ottoman occupation of Buda.
A memorial to the late commander, the last vizier of Buda, stands on the Anjou bastion of the Buda castle, halfway between the Military History Museum and the Vienna Gate. The memorial was erected in 1932 by the descendants of György Szabó, who was a Hungarian soldier of the liberating army and also fell on this spot on September 2. The inscription, in Hungarian and Turkish, says: "The last governor of the 145 year long occupation of Buda, Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the Albanian fell at this place on September 2, 1686, when he was 70 years old. He was a heroic enemy, may he rest in peace."
Life
Early life
Abdurrahman Abdi Arnavud Pasha was born in the village of Çopani near Peqin, Albania. He joined the Ottoman army and became Agha of the Janissaries in 1667. He gained experience during the siege of Candia, which the Venetians had to surrender in 1669. In 1672, he led the janissaries in the Siege of Kamenets, conquest of Kamieniec. In 1673, he became the governor of Baghdad. He was made governor of Egypt in 1676 and of Bosnia in 1680.Military leadership
He took over the military leadership of Buda in 1682 and became the governor of Ottoman-occupied Hungary in 1684. In 1684, the Holy League (1684), Holy League was established with the objective of ending the Ottoman threat to Europe by ousting the Ottomans from Hungary, which they had been occupying for 145 years. On the initiative and financial support of Pope Innocent XI, the Holy Roman Emperor, the King of Poland and the Republic of Venice sent 80,000 troops into Buda, and Hungary. The army was composed of Saxon, Bavarian, Brandenburg and Sweden, Swedish troops, with lesser numbers of Italy, England, France and Spain, and some 15,000 Hungarians. The armies were led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Prince Charles of Lorraine, Bavarian Elector Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Maximilian II Emanuel, Margrave of Baden Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Louis William and Prince Eugene of Savoy, all eminent military leaders of the time. In June, 1686, the Christians, Christian army laid siege to Buda. The city was well stocked with food, water and gunpowder, but only 8000 soldiers were garrisoned within; although the Ottomans had promised 50,000 troops, they had not yet arrived.Death
The relief forces of Sarı Süleyman Pasha, Grand Vizier Suleiman never arrived to support the troops within Buda. After more than 2 months of bombardment and a series of unsuccessful attacks, the city was reduced to ashes in the first days of September. 3000 of his troops survived, but Abdurrahman pasha himself was killed in the first lines when on September 2, the troops of the Habsburg emperor breached the northern walls ending 145 years of Ottoman occupation of Buda.
A memorial to the late commander, the last vizier of Buda, stands on the Anjou bastion of the Buda castle, halfway between the Military History Museum and the Vienna Gate. The memorial was erected in 1932 by the descendants of György Szabó, who was a Hungarian soldier of the liberating army and also fell on this spot on September 2. The inscription, in Hungarian and Turkish, says: "The last governor of the 145 year long occupation of Buda, Abdurrahman Abdi Pasha the Albanian fell at this place on September 2, 1686, when he was 70 years old. He was a heroic enemy, may he rest in peace."
See also
* Clock Mosque, Abdurrahman Pasha Mosque in Peqin, Albania * Peqin Castle * Battle of Buda (1686), Battle of Buda * List of Ottoman governors of EgyptReferences
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