Lala Shahin Pasha

Lala Shahin Pasha
Diedafter 1388
Buried
Kazanlak
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Years of service1360–88
Wars, campaigns and battles

Lala Shahin Pasha (Turkish: Lala Şahin Paşa; 1330 – after 1388), was an Ottoman commander and first Beylerbey of Rumelia. He was the teacher (lala) of Sultan Murad I, and when Murad succeeded the throne, Şahin led the Ottoman campaign of Thrace.[1] In 1360, he took Didymoteicho, and in 1362, Adrianople, which afterwards served as the Ottoman seat of throne as Edirne.[2] In 1364, conquered Boruj and Plovdiv in Bulgaria. He was one of commanders in Battle of Maritsa (1371).[3] From 1383 to 1385 he ruled as the Ottoman governor in Sofia. He was defeated by Prince Lazar of Serbia at the Battle of Pločnik (1385–86).[4] On 27 August 1388 he was defeated by an alliance of Bosnian princes at the Battle of Bileća.[5] Lala Shahin probably died in 1389 in Kazanlak, Bulgaria has an old mausoleum (turbe) in park "Tulbeto", near the famous Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak. Later the remains of Lala Shahin was removed from Kazanlak tomb to another one in his homeland, Mustafakemalpaşa district in the province of Bursa, Turkey.

  1. ^ Villani M., "Istoria", RISS, XIV, Milano (1729), p. 549-550
  2. ^ Inalcik, "The Conquest of Edirne", The Ottoman Empire: Conquest, Organization and Economy, London (1978), p. 155-159
  3. ^ Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W.; Zacour, Norman P., eds. (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 246–247. ISBN 0-299-10740-X.
  4. ^ Kissling, H. J.; Spuler, Bertold; Barbour, N.; J. S. Trimingham; H. Braun; H. Hartel (1 August 1997). The Last Great Muslim Empires. BRILL. p. 10. ISBN 90-04-02104-3. ...and at the battle of Plochnik in 1387 their united forces had been able to decimate the hitherto ever- victorious troops of Lala §ahin.
  5. ^ Finkel, C. (2012). Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923. John Murray Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-84854-785-8.