Kasım Pasha | |
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| Native name | Kasım Paşa |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Rank | beylerbey |
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Kasım Pasha orKasim Pasha (Turkish:Kasım Paşa;fl. 1442–43) was anOttoman general and governor, thebeylerbey ofRumelia and one of the commanders of the Ottoman forces during theCrusade of Varna (1443–44).
When Rumelian beylerbey and vizierHadım Şehabeddin was defeated byJohn Hunyadi in 1442, he was replaced by Kasım Pasha at both positions.[1]
At the beginning of the Crusade of VarnaJohn Hunyadi crossed theDanube and rushed south along the river Morava to attack forces of Kasım Pasha before he could mobilize his complete army.[2] The cavalry forces of 12,000 commanded by Kasım Pasha were defeated nearAleksinac during theBattle of Niš in 1443.[3][4] After an Ottoman defeat, the retreating forces of Kasım Pasha andTurahan Bey burned all villages between Niš andSofia.[5] Turakhan Bey and Kasım Pasha met each other again in Sofia from where Kasım sent the messenger toEdirne to alert Sultan.[6]
Kasım Pasha commanded Ottoman forces that chased Christian army after the Battle of Zlatica held at the end of 1443.[7] His army was defeated on 24 December 1444 on Melštica near Sofija and many Ottoman officers were captured by Christian army.[8]
There was a big mutual animosity between Kasım and Turahan and some Ottoman sources blame Turahan for Kasım's defeat at Melštica claiming that Serbian Despot Branković bribed Turahan not to participate in the battle which ended with the defeat of his rival, Kasım.[9]
When the Sultan banishedTurahan Bey to a prison, Kasım allegedly complained toÇandarlı Halil Pasha that Turahan Bey's subordinated officers should be banished too. When his complaint was refused, Kasım resigned from the position ofRumeliabeylerbey.[10]
(12 May 1442–30 April 1443 ad) Şehabeddin is listed as beylerbey, a position which he held until his defeat by Hunyadi in 1442 whereupon he was replaced as beylerbey by Kasım Pasha... he thus succeeded Şehabeddin in both offices.
The combined host met Ottoman forces first on November 3, 1443, between the castle of Bolvan (near Aleksinac) and the city of Niš. Here Kasim Bey, then governor of Rumelia, Ishak Bey and other standard bearers were defeated.
In the course of their flight Kasım and Turahan burned all villages between Niš and Sofia.
Успео је да дође у везу са Турахан Бегом и да га убеди (златом вероватно) да у боју не узме учешће, а све играјући на међусобну нетрпељивост Турахан бега и главнокомандујућег Касим бега.
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| Preceded by | Beylerbey of theRumelia Eyalet 1442 — 1442 | Succeeded by unknown |