Öküz Mehmed Pasha
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· · Kul Kıran · Damat Mehmed Pasha |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 18 January 1619 – 23 December 1619 |
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| Monarch | Osman II |
| Preceded by | Damat Halil Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Güzelce Ali Pasha |
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In office 17 October 1614 – 17 November 1616 |
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| Monarch | Ahmed I |
| Preceded by | Nasuh Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Damat Halil Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
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In office 1607–1611 |
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| Preceded by | Yemenli Hasan Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Sofu Mehmed Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 23 December 1619 Constantinople |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Spouse(s) | Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of sultan Ahmed I |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Silahdar |
"Öküz" Mehmed Pasha ("Mehmed Pasha the Ox"; died 23 December 1619), also known as Kara Mehmed Pasha ("the Black") or "Kul Kıran" Mehmed Pasha ("the Slavebreaker"), was an Ottoman statesman and military commander of the early 17th century who held the office of Grand Vizier twice, the first time from 17 October 1614 to 17 November 1616 (during the reign of Ahmed I) and the second time from 18 January 1619 to 23 December 1619 (during the reign of Osman II the Young). He was also governor of Egypt from 1607 to 1611.
Before holding governmental positions, Mehmed Pasha had been a silahdar, a high-ranking position in the sultan's guard.
He married princess Gevherhan Sultan, the daughter of sultan Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan.
Before his first term as grand vizier, Mehmed Pasha was appointed as governor of Egypt in 1607, a post he held until 1611. In 1604, three years before he assumed the office, the Governor of Ottoman Egypt Maktul Hacı Ibrahim Pasha was murdered by mutinying sipahi soldiers of his own troops. This event caused three years of instability in Egypt, with the subsequent two governors, Hadım Mehmed Pasha and Yemenli Hasan Pasha unable to completely quell the rebellion.
When Mehmed Pasha came into office, his strong-handed methods and personality allowed him to suppress the sipahis and abolish the illegal tulba protection tax they had been imposing on the Egyptian countryside. After first landing at Alexandria, he gathered public support by visiting the tombs of local saints and treating the Mamluks well, ordering repairs on Mamluk-built buildings and structures. He then proceeded to execute district governors who had allowed the sipahis to impose the tulba and warned others of the same fate.
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