Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha

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Boynuyaralı
Mehmed
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
26 April 1656 – 15 September 1656
Monarch Mehmed IV
Preceded by Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I
Succeeded by Köprülü Mehmed Pasha
Personal details
Died 1665
Eyüp, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Nationality Ottoman
Military service
Allegiance  Ottoman Empire
Battles/wars Ottoman–Safavid War (1623–39) (WIA)

Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha (died 1665 in Eyüp, Istanbul) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 26 April 1656 to 15 September 1656.[1]

Mehmed Pasha fought in the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1623–39 under sultan Murad IV. He was wounded in the neck during a battle, earning him the epithet Boynuyaralı ("Wounded-neck" in Turkish).[2]

See also

References

  1. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 42. (Turkish)
  2. Silahdar Tarihi, Volume 1, p. 410
Political offices
Preceded by Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
26 April 1656 – 15 September 1656
Succeeded by
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha

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