Safranbolu Izzet Mehmet | |
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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
In office 19 October 1794 – 30 August 1798 | |
Monarch | Selim III |
Preceded by | Melek Mehmed Pasha |
Succeeded by | Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha |
Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
In office May 1791 – September 1794 | |
Preceded by | Ismail Pasha |
Succeeded by | Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | 1743 Safranbolu, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 18 September 1812 Manisa, Ottoman Empire |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha (1743 – 18 September 1812) was a grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and served from 1794 to 1798.[1]
Izzet Mehmet Pasha was born in Safranbolu (today in Karabük Province, Turkey). His uncle was Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) Hacı Benli Mustafa Pasha . Izzet Mehmed Pasha came to Istanbul in 1759/60 to work with him.[1] In 1778, he married Halil Hamid Pasha's daughter, becoming his son-in-law.[1]
He then served as the Ottoman governor of Jeddah (1787–1790), Morea (1790–1791),[2] and Egypt (May 1791 – September 1794).[1]
On 19 October 1794, he was appointed grand vizier by sultan Selim III. He was dismissed on 30 August 1798 and exiled to Chios (now a Greek island), and then to Manisa. He died in Manisa on 19 September 1812.[1][3]
...the pasha of Morea, Muhammad Pasha, who had been in Jidda the previous year and was known as 'Izzat, was to be governor of Egypt.