Monarch Murat IV Name Cerkes Pasha Alma mater Enderun School | Nationality Ottoman Succeeded by Hafiz Ahmed Pasha | |
Preceded by Kemankes Kara Ali Pasha Died 28 January 1625 (aged 67-68)
Tokat (in modern Turkey) | ||
Çerkes Mehmed Ali Pasha (died 28 January 1625) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1624 to 1625.
Mehmed was of Circassian origins, hence his epithet. He was educated in the Enderun School in Istanbul. At one point, he served as the armorer and bodyguard (Turkish: silahdar) of the sultan. He died of illness on 28 January 1625 in Tokat.
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