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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1821) This article is about Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Ali Pasha. For "Benderli" Mehmed Selim Pasha, see Mehmed Selim Pasha.

BenderliAliPasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
23 March 1821 – 30 April 1821
MonarchMahmud II
Preceded bySeyyid Ali Pasha
Succeeded byHacı Salih Pasha
Personal details
Died1821
Cyprus, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman

Benderli Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

He ruled from 23 March 1821 to 30 April 1821 as grand vizier of Sultan Mahmud II He came to Constantinople on 21 April 1821 and was actually only nine days in power.

He was the last grand vizier clearly executed upon a clear order by a Sultan (Mahmud II).

According to Ottoman biography textbook called Sicill-i Osmani, on 12 April 1821 he was diminished by Sultan Mahmud and was sent to exile in Rhodes, where he died later. Controversially according to Ottoman annals by royal historian Vak'a-nüvis Ahmet Cevdet Efendi (textbook called Tarih-i Cevdet), he was sent in exile to Cyprus and after his departure royal executors were sent to the island. He was interred at Karacaahmet Cemetery in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul.

Sources

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 72. (in Turkish)
Preceded bySeyyid Ali Pasha Grand Vizier
23 March 1821 – 30 April 1821
Succeeded byHacı Salih Pasha
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