Hacı Halil Pasha

Hacı Halil Pasha (Turkish: Hacı Halil Paşa) was an Ottoman Grand vizier. His ephitet Hacı means "pilgrim".

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Halil, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Hacı
Halil
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
21 August 1716 – 26 August 1717
MonarchAhmed III
Preceded bySilahdar Ali Pasha
Succeeded byNişancı Mehmet Pasha
Personal details
Died1733
Crete, Ottoman Empire
now Greece
NationalityOttoman
Military service
Battles/warsAustro-Turkish War of 1716–18

Early years

Hacı Halil Pasha was born in Kemaliye (then known as Eğin) and rose through the Bostancı corps.[1] In 1694, he resigned and went to Baghdad (now in Iraq) as the subordinate of the Baghdad governor. In 1711 he was promoted to the overall command of the Bostancı corps (Bostancıbaşı) and in 1716 to the post of beylerbey the Erzurum Eyalet. However he didn't serve in Erzurum due to the outbreak of the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, being reassigned to serve in Belgrade (now in Serbia).[2]

Grand Vizier

During the decisive Battle of Petrovaradin on 5 August 1716, the grand vizier Silahdar Ali Pasha was killed. Upon the suggestion of the commanders, the sultan appointed Halil Pasha as the new grand vizier. Next year he campaigned to aid Belgrade, which was being besieged by the Austrian army. However Eugene of Savoy of Austria defeated Halil Pasha and captured Belgrade. After this defeat he was dismissed from the post on 26 August 1717.

Later years

Although he was sentenced to death, he hid himself in İstanbul. On 7 June 1720 he was discovered, but with the help of his partisans he was pardoned. In 1727, he became the governor of the Sanjak of Eğriboz in central Greece, and in the next year he was appointed to the governorship of Crete, where he died in 1733.

See also

References
  1. Erkan, Joan Kim. "The Last Sultan's Granddaughter". Lady Who. Tudem Yayın Gurubu. p. 117. ISBN 978-625-7314-56-5.
  2. "Ottoman page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
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