Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha (also known as Nişancı İsmail Kemalettin Pasha; 1620 – April 1690) was a short-term
Ottoman grand vizier in 1688.
Early years
He was born in
Ayaş (in modern
Ankara Province
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Demographics
History
The site of the modern city has been home to settlements by many historic Anatolian civilizations in antiquity and classical times, in ...
,
Turkey
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) in 1620. After working as a bureaucrat in various posts, he retired from being the Ottoman governor of
Rumelia Eyalet
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(eastern
Thrace
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). However, he returned to government service in 1678 as a
nişancı. He was described as mild-mannered, an anachronistic quality in that era of the Ottoman Empire.
As a grand vizier
The
Ottoman Empire
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was engaged in a long and costly war against Holy Alliance countries in the so-called
Great Turkish War. After a series of military failures,
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...
, the capital of the empire, fell into chaos. The grand vizier
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha (died 23 February 1688) was a short term grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire who held the post during one of the most chaotic periods of the empire.
Early years
He was of Abkhazian origin. He was a servant of Köprül ...
was killed by the rebels, and Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha became the acting grand vizier for one week. On 2 March 1688, he was appointed as full grand vizier by the
sultan Süleyman II
Suleiman II (15 April 1642 – 22 June 1691) ( ota, سليمان ثانى ''Süleymān-i sānī'') was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. After being brought to the throne by an armed mutiny, Suleiman and his grand vizier Fazıl ...
. His term, however, was very short (only spanning 61 days). During this term, he attempted to stem corruption, gaining him many enemies in the palace. His main enemy was
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha Köprülü may refer to:
People
* Köprülü family (Kypriljotet), an Ottoman noble family of Albanian origin
** Köprülü era (1656–1703), the period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were set by the Grand Viziers, mainly the Köprülü f ...
(a future grand vizier), who was the brother-in-law of the late grand vizier Abaza Siyavuş Pasha. After the intensive efforts of Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, İsmail Pasha was dismissed from office by sultan Süleyman II on 2 May.
[Ayhan Buz: ''Osmanlı Sadrazamları'', Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, ]
Death
İsmail Pasha was imprisoned in
Kavala
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It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across ...
(in modern
Greece
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) and then exiled to the island of
Rhodes
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(in modern Greece). Now grand vizier, Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa accused Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha of seizing Abaza Siyavuş Pasha's fortune and asked for the fortune in return for pardon. Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha denied all accusations, and Fazıl Mustafa Pasha had him executed him later that year, in April 1690.
See also
*
List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
References
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1620 births
1690 deaths
17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire
Executed people from the Ottoman Empire
17th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire
Nişancı
People from Ayaş, Ankara