Piri Mehmed Pasha

Piri Mehmed Pasha (1465 – 1532 Silivri) was an Ottoman Turk statesman.[1][2] He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1518 to 1523.[3]

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, Mehmed is the given name, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Piri Mehmed Pasha
A miniature of Ottoman Sultan Selim I (right) and Piri Mehmed Pasha
27th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 25 January 1518 – 27 June 1523
Monarch	Selim I, Suleiman I
Preceded by	Yunus Pasha
Succeeded by	Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
Personal details
Born	1465 Aksaray, Ottoman Empire
Died	1532 (aged 66–67) Silivri, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Turkish

Sarcophagus of Piri Mehmed Pasha in the graveyard of the mosque named after him in Silivri, Istanbul Province.

See also

• Piri Mehmed Pasha Mosque in Silivri, Istanbul Province

References

1. Danişmend (1971), p. 15.
2. Peirce,L.The Imperial Harem: Women and Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire,pg.304
3. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 15. (Turkish)

Political offices
Preceded by Yunus Pasha	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 25 January 1518 – 27 June 1523	Succeeded by Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha