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Monarch
  
Suleiman I

Ethnicity
  
Albanian

Name
  
Ayas Pasha


Nationality
  
Ottoman

Role
  
Statesman

Religion
  
Islam

Succeeded by
  
Lutfi Pasha

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Died
  
July 13, 1539, Ottoman Empire

Similar People
  
Lutfi Pasha, Beyhan Sultan, Ayse Hafsa Sultan, Selim I, Hatice Sultan

Preceded by
  
Pargali Ibrahim Pasha

Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483–1539) was an Ottoman statesman and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1536 to 1539. He was an Albanian born in Himare region. His father was from city of Shkodra, in the north of Albania, and his mother was from Vlora, in the south of Albania. He was taken to Istambul under the Devşirme practice, and was trained to serve as an aga with the janissaries. He participated in the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), and Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17). During 1520–1521 he was beylerbey of Anatolia and governor of Damascus. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, he served as beylerbey of Roumelia and was made a vizier after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522. He also participated in the Battle of Mohács, Siege of Vienna, and the war in Iraq (1534–1535).

He became grand vizier in 1536 after the execution of Pargali Ibrahim Pasha and kept this position until his death in 1539. Under his administration, the Ottomans undertook the Corfu campaign (1537) and waged war against the Habsburgs in Vienna (1537–1540). Additionally, his native Vlore region was put under full Ottoman control, and the Sandjak of Delvina was created. He died of plague in Istanbul and was buried in the Eyüp Sultan Mosque.

In the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Ayas Mehmed Pasha is played by Turkish actor Fehmi Karaarslan.

References

Ayas Mehmed Pasha Wikipedia


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