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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1651, 1656) This article is about the grand vizier in 1651 and 1656. For the grand vizier in 1687–88, see Abaza Siyavuş Pasha.

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Siyavuş, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
AbazaSiyavuşPasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
5 March 1656 – 25 April 1656
MonarchMehmet IV
Preceded byZurnazen Mustafa Pasha
Succeeded byBoynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha
In office
21 August 1651 – 27 September 1651
MonarchMehmet IV
Preceded byMelek Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byGürcü Mehmed Pasha
Personal details
Died25 April 1656
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
SpouseSafiye Hanimsultan

Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I (died 25 April 1656) was an Ottoman grand vizier (the index I is used to differentiate him from the second and better known Abaza Siyavuş Pasha, who also served as grand vizier, from 1687 to 1688). He was married with Safiye Hanımsultan, daughter of the princess Gevherhan Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan Ahmed I and Haseki Kösem Sultan.

He was of Abazin origin and a manservant of Abaza Mehmed, who was a rebel leader of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. Upon the execution of his master, he entered the service of the palace in Istanbul. In 1638, he was promoted to be a vizier, and in 1640, he was assigned as the Kapudan Pasha (Admiral of the Navy). In 1642, he was tasked with recapturing the fort of Azov (in modern Russia) from the Cossacks, but failed. He was then assigned to various cities as governor, including Erzurum, Diyarbakır (both in modern Turkey) and Silistra (in modern Bulgaria). On 5 March 1651, he was promoted to be the grand vizier following an uprising of tradesmen in Istanbul. On 27 September, a little more than a month after his appointment, he was dismissed from his post and was about to be executed when Kösem Sultan intervened to save his life. He was appointed as the governor of Bosnia. Although Abaza Siyavuş Pasha was again promoted to the post of grand vizier on 5 March 1656, he died soon afterwards on 25 April.

See also

Political offices
Preceded byMelek Ahmed Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
21 August 1651 – 27 September 1651 		Succeeded byGürcü Mehmed Pasha
Preceded byZurnazen Mustafa Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
5 March 1656 – 25 April 1656 		Succeeded byBoynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha

References

  1. Dumas 2013, p. 462.
  2. Ayhan Buz: Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, ISBN 978-975-254-278-5, p109
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