Topal Recep Pasha

Topal
Recep
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
10 February 1632 – 18 May 1632
MonarchMurad IV
Preceded byHafız Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byTabanıyassi Mehmed Pasha
Personal details
BornSanjak of Bosnia
Died18 May 1632
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
Spouse
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(m. 1622)​
ChildrenSafiye Hanımsultan

Topal Recep Pasha (Bosnian: Topal Redžep-paša, "Recep Pasha "Lame"; died 18 May 1632) was an Ottoman statesman from the Sanjak of Bosnia,[1] as well as Damat ("bridegroom") to the House of Osman as husband of Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of Sultan Ahmed I. He served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 10 February 1632 to 18 May 1632.[2] He was instrumental in lynching the former grand vizier, Hafiz Ahmed Pasha. When his brother-in-law Sultan Murad IV realized this, he had Recep Pasha executed on 18 May 1632 in Constantinople.[3] He was of Bosnian origin.[4]

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1971, p. 34. (Turkish)
  2. ^ Sakaoglu, Necdet, (1999) Bu Mülkün Sultanları, Istanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık ISBN 978-975-329-693-9 pg.240
  3. ^ Ayhan Buz: Osmanlı Sadrazamları, Neden Kitap, İstanbul, 2009, ISBN 978-975-254-278-5 p. 92
  4. ^ Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı, (1954) Osmanlı Tarihi III. Cilt, 2. Kısım XVI. Yüzyıl Ortalarından XVII. Yüzyıl Sonuna kadar), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu (Altıncı Baskı 2011) ISBN 978-975-16-0010) p.384