In 1533, he convinced Charles V to turn Hungary into an Ottoman vassal state. The Venetian diplomats even referred to him as "Ibrahim the Magnificent", a play on Suleiman's usual sobriquet. Portraying himself as "the real power behind the Ottoman Empire", Ibrahim used a variety of tactics to negotiate favorable deals with the leaders of the Catholic powers. On the diplomatic front, Ibrahim's work with Western Christendom was a complete success. His palace, which still stands on Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, has been converted into the modern-day Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum.ĭraft of the 1536 Treaty negotiated between French ambassador Jean de La Forêt and Ibrahim Pasha, a few days before his execution, expanding to the whole Ottoman Empire the privileges received by France in Egypt from the Mamluks before 1518. Ibrahim Pasha Palace in Sultanahmet, Istanbul, now the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. Yet another name given to him by his contemporaries was the purposefully oxymoronic "Makbul Maktul" ( favorite and killed) Ibrahim Pasha. He is usually referred to as "Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha" or "Frenk ( the European) Ibrahim Pasha" due to his tastes and manners. Īlthough he married Süleyman's sister, Hatice Sultan, and was as such a bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty ( Damat), this title is not frequently used by historians in association with him, possibly in order not to confuse him with other grand viziers who were namesakes ( Damat Ibrahim Pasha and Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha). He promulgated an edict, the Kanunkame, outlining his system. After being appointed grand vizier, Ibrahim Pasha continued to receive other additional appointments and titles from the sultan (such as the title of Serasker), and his power in the Ottoman Empire became almost as absolute as his master's.Īfter his rival Hain Ahmed Pasha, the governor of Egypt, declared himself independent of the Ottoman Empire and was executed in 1624, Ibrahim Pasha traveled south to Egypt in 1525 and reformed the Egyptian provincial civil and military administration system. Pleased with Ibrahim's display of modesty, Suleiman purportedly swore that he would never be put to death during his reign. Ibrahim proved his skills in numerous diplomatic encounters and military campaigns, and was so rapidly promoted that at one point he begged Suleiman not to promote him too rapidly, for fear of arousing the jealousy and enmity of the other viziers, who expected some of those titles for themselves. Upon Suleiman's accession to the Ottoman throne in 1520, he was awarded various posts, the first being the Falconer of the Sultan. Ibrahim received his education at the Ottoman court and became a polyglot and polymath. There, he was befriended by crown prince Suleiman, who was of the same age. He was the son of a sailor in Parga and as a child he was carried off by pirates and sold as a slave to the Manisa Palace in western Anatolia, where Ottoman crown princes ( şehzade) were being educated. Ibrahim was a Greek born to Christian parents, in Parga, Epirus, modern Greece, then part of the Republic of Venice. He attained a level of authority and influence rivaled by only a handful of other grand viziers of the Empire, but in 1536, he was executed by the Sultan and his property was confiscated by the state. In 1523, he replaced Piri Mehmed Pasha, who had been appointed in 1518 by Süleyman's father, the preceding sultan Selim I, and remained in office for 13 years. Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha ( Turkish pronunciation: 1493, Parga – 15 March 1536), also known as Frenk Ibrahim Pasha ("the Westerner"), Makbul Ibrahim Pasha ("the Favorite"), which later changed into Maktul Ibrahim Pasha ("the Executed") after his execution in the Topkapı Palace, was the first grand vizier in the Ottoman Empire appointed by sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. For other people, see Ibrahim Pasha (disambiguation). For the later (1604) governor of Egypt, also named Ibrahim Pasha and also known by the epithet Maktul ("the Slain"), see Maktul Hacı Ibrahim Pasha.
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