Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1794 to 1798
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Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha (1743 – 18 September 1812) was a grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire and served from 1794 to 1798.[1]
Safranbolu Izzet Mehmet | |
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The tomb of Izzet Mehmet Pasha | |
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 19 October 1794 – 30 August 1798 | |
| Monarch | Selim III |
| Preceded by | Melek Mehmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
| In office May 1791 – September 1794 | |
| Preceded by | Ismail Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1743 |
| Died | 18 September 1812 (aged 68–69) |
Izzet Mehmet Pasha was born in Safranbolu (today in Karabük Province, Turkey). His uncle was Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) Hacı Benli Mustafa Pasha. Izzet Mehmed Pasha came to Istanbul in 1759/60 to work with him.[1] In 1778, he married Halil Hamid Pasha's daughter, becoming his son-in-law.[1]
He then served as the Ottoman governor of Jeddah (1787–1790), Morea (1790–1791),[2] and Egypt (May 1791 – September 1794).[1]
On 19 October 1794, he was appointed grand vizier by sultan Selim III. He was dismissed on 30 August 1798 and exiled to Chios (now a Greek island), and then to Manisa. He died in Manisa on 19 September 1812.[1][3]
Legacy
Izzet Mehmet commissioned a watchtower in 1797[4] and a mosque in 1798[5] in his hometown of Safranbolu (see İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque).