Ermeni Süleyman Pasha

Malatyalı Süleyman Pasha
Malatyalı Süleyman Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
	In office; August 19, 1655 – February 28, 1656
Monarch	Mehmed IV
Preceded by	Kara Dev Murad Pasha
Succeeded by	Gazi Hüseyin Pasha
Personal details
Born	1607; Malatya
Died	February 28, 1687 (aged 79–80); Istanbul
Nationality	Ottoman of Armenian ethnicity
Spouse	Ayşe Sultan (m. 1656; died 1657)
Nickname	Koca

Ermeni Suleyman Pasha (Armenian: Էրմենի Սուլեյման Փաշա) also Koca was an Ottoman statesman of Armenian ethnicity. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 19 August 1655 until 28 February 1656.^[1]

He attended Enderun school. Served as governor of Sivas then of Erzurum. Married to the daughter of Sultan Ibrahim I, Ayşe Sultan. After being demoted from the position of Grand Vizier, he was appointed as the governor of Bosnia then as kaymakam of Istanbul, Özü, then Istanbul, and Erzurum again. After this last position, he retired and died in Istanbul^[2]

References

^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 40. (Turkish)
^ Meydan Larousse Büyük Lugât ve Ansiklopedi, 1965

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[1] İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 40. (Turkish)

[2] Meydan Larousse Büyük Lugât ve Ansiklopedi, 1965

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