Rami Mehmed | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office January 25, 1703 – August 22, 1703 | |
| Monarch | Mustafa II |
| Preceded by | Daltaban Mustafa Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kavanoz Ahmed Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
| In office 1704–1706 | |
| Preceded by | Baltacı Süleyman Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Dellak Ali Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1645 |
| Died | 1706 (aged 60–61) Rhodes, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
Rami Mehmed Pasha (1645–1706) was anOttoman statesman and poet who served asGrand Vizier (1703) and governor ofCyprus andofEgypt (1704–06). He was known as a poet ofdivan literature (the epithetRami, meaning "Obedient", is hispen name in his poems).
He was born in 1645 in Constantinople to Terazici Hasan Aga. After completing his education, he started his career as a bureaucrat. In 1690, he was appointed as a clerk in the office of thereis ül-küttab. In 1696, he was promoted to be thereis ül-küttab (a post roughly equivalent to foreign minister) and three years later he represented the Ottoman Empire in the peace talks of theTreaty of Karlowitz which ended theWar of the Holy League.[1] The Ottoman Empire was defeated in the war, but Mehmed Rami tried his best to minimize the losses.
On January 25, 1703, he was promoted to the post of Grand Vizier, the highest post of the Ottoman Empire other than that of theSultan. However he soon realized that theSheikh ul-Islam Feyzullah, who wielded great influence on the sultanMustafa II, was thede facto ruler of the empire. The Sultan gave strict orders to Rami Mehmed to seek Feyzullah's approval in all of his decisions, a regulation which reduced the status of the Grand Vizier to a subordinate of theSheikh ul-Islam. Even under this unfavorable situation, Rami tried to reform the post-war economy and the navy, but his term was too short to carry these reforms through.
Both Feyzullah's almost unlimited authority and the Sultan's insistence on residing inEdirne rather than Constantinople, the capital, caused reactions among the soldiers and the citizens in Constantinople. In the summer of 1703, they revolted against the Sultan. At the end of this revolt known asEdirne event, Rami Mehmed as well as the Sultan were deposed on August 22, 1703.[2]
Rami Mehmed was then appointed as the governor ofCyprus and thenEgypt, but in 1706 he was exiled toRhodes island (now a part ofGreece), where he died.[1]
He was poet and a friend of the famous Ottoman poet ofNabi. He also wrote about his diplomatic career. His book namedKarlofça Sulhnamesi is about the talks during the Treaty of Karlowitz.[1]
A suburb of modernIstanbul, which was once a farm owned by Rami Mehmed, is now namedRami after him.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire January 25, 1703 – August 22, 1703 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ottoman Governor of Egypt 1704–1706 | Succeeded by |
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
.svg)
