NevÅŸehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha

Damat İbrahim Pasha Nevşehirli ( * ca 1662 Muskara, today Nevsehir, † October 1, 1730 in Istanbul) was an Ottoman statesman and 9 May 1718 to October 1, 1730 to the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

İbrahim Pasha Nevşehirli epithet refers to his hometown, the former village mittelanatolische Muskara: During his time as Grand Vizier he let it expand significantly and provided with numerous cultural institutions and gave it its present name Nevsehir ( "new town "). The additional name Damat ( Turkish for " son " ) he received after 1717 Fatma Sultan, daughter of Sultan Ahmed III. had married.

Damat İbrahim Pasha Nevşehirli reign is congruent with the so-called "Tulip Time " (Turkish: Lâle devri ), which was characterized by cultural flowering and intellectual openness, but also by decadence and social injustice. Damat İbrahim Pasha to cultural achievements is the official introduction of the printing press in the Ottoman Empire by İbrahim Müteferrika in 1727, which took place at his initiative.

Damat İbrahim Pasha Nevşehirli career and life ended in the so-called " Patrona Halil uprising - " 1730. Rebels made ​​him for recently being heavy defeat of the Ottomans in the war against the Persians under General Nadir Afshar (later Nadir Shah ) responsible and demanded by the Sultan for his extradition. The insurgents were also among the janissaries, who were dissatisfied with previous military reform attempts of the grand vizier anyway. Since Sultan Ahmed III. finally saw forced to yield, İbrahim Pasha and some of his confidants were killed on 1 October 1730 and handed over their bodies to the insurgents. However, this could not prevent Ahmed had to resign soon thereafter and passed the throne to his nephew Mahmud I..

In the chronicle " Tarih -i göynüklü " Ahmed Efendi Göynüklü of the events are described in detail.