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 Modern portrait of Silahdar Damat | |
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 27 April 1713 – 5 August 1716 | |
| Monarch | Ahmed III |
| Preceded by | Hoca Ibrahim Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hacı Halil Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1667 |
| Died | 5 August 1716(1716-08-05) (aged 48–49) |
| Nationality | .svg) Ottoman |
| Spouse | Fatma Sultan |
| Seal |  |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18 Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18) |
Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (1667 – 5 August 1716), also calledSilahdar Ali Pasha, was anOttoman general andGrand Vizier. His epithetsilahdar means arms-bearer anddamat means bridegroom, because he marriedFatma Sultan, daughter ofSultanAhmed III .
Ali Pasha was born to aTurkish family inIznik (ancientNicaea), in modernTurkey.[1] His father's name was Hacı Hüseyin. He was trained in theEnderun palace school inIstanbul and during the reign ofMustafa II he was appointed to be the personal secretary of the sultan. In 1709, he was engaged to the daughter ofAhmet III, gaining the titledamat (English:bridegroom) and was appointed as the Second Vizier. On 27 April 1713, he became the Grand Vizier.
Shortly after his appointment, he succeeded in ratifying theTreaty of Pruth withRussia, thus securing the northern frontiers of the Ottoman Empire atDnieper River.[2]
By early 1714, his attention shifted to theMorea, which had been held by theRepublic of Venice since theMorean War and the 1699Treaty of Karlowitz. The Ottomans had never been reconciled to its loss. When the Venetians gave refuge toSerbian rebels fromMontenegro andHerzegovina in theirDalmatian province, and some of their merchants were involved in disputes with Ottoman vessels, theOttoman Porte (government) swiftly used this as a pretext to declarewar.
Thesubsequent campaign in 1715, led by Silahdar Ali Pasha himself, was an overwhelming success, as the entire Morea fell quickly and with little bloodshed to the Ottoman army.
However,Habsburg Austria, an ally of Venice, also declared war against the Ottomans. In 1716, Ali Pasha moved to the Austrian front. Emerging victorious at theBattle of Karlowitz (2 August 1716), Ali Pasha marched toPetrovaradin. He commanded the Ottoman army against the Austrian forces led by PrinceEugene of Savoy at theBattle of Petrovaradin (5 August 1716). During the battle Ali Pasha lost his life.[3] Histomb is inBelgrade.
After his death he was called Şehit Ali Pasha (Şehit meansmartyr).
Silahtar / Damat Ali Paşa – Milliyeti : Türk
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| Preceded by | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 27 April 1713 – 5 August 1716 | Succeeded by |
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