Alemdar Mustafa Pasha

Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, also known as Mustafa Bayraktar ( " standard-bearer " ) (* 1755 in Hotin, † November 14, 1808 in Istanbul) was a Turkish Grand Vizier.

The son of poor parents joined the army, worked his way up through luck and bravery, fought in 1806 as a patriarch of Rustchuk against the Russians, was from 1806 to 1807 Wali (Governor ) of the eyalet Silistrien, then sought the deposed by the Janissaries Sultan Selim III. to put back on the throne, marched in 1808 with his army to Constantinople Opel. But when the Sultan, the Alemdar Mustafa Pasha tried to force the abdication, had assassinated Selim, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha arrested the Sultan and called July 28, 1808 his brother Mahmud II as Sultan of. Alemdar Mustafa Pasha was the Grand Vizier, now the reforms of Selim sought to carry out and to destroy the rebellious Janissaries completely, but found during an uprising of the mob, the Ulemas and janissaries November 14, 1808 in his palace by the mob lit a death by asphyxiation.

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  • Grand Vizier
  • Pasha
  • Turk
  • Born in 1755
  • Died in 1808
  • Man
Janissary
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