Ayas Mehmed Pasha

Ayas Mehmed Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 14 March 1536 – 13 July 1539
Monarch	Suleiman I
Preceded by	Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha
Succeeded by	Lütfi Pasha
Personal details
Born	1483 Himarë, Albania, Ottoman Empire
Died	1539 (aged 56) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Religion	Islam
Ethnicity	Albanian

Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483–1539) was an Ottoman statesman and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1536 to 1539. He was an Albanian born in Himare region. His father was from city of Shkodra, in the north of Albania, and his mother was from Vlora, in the south of Albania. He was taken to Istambul under the Devşirme practice, and was trained to serve as an aga with the janissaries. He participated in the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), and Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17). During 1520–1521 he was beylerbey of Anatolia and governor of Damascus. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, he served as beylerbey of Roumelia and was made a vizier after the Ottoman conquest of Rhodes in 1522. He also participated in the Battle of Mohács, Siege of Vienna, and the war in Iraq (1534–1535).

He became grand vizier in 1536 after the execution of Pargali Ibrahim Pasha and kept this position until his death in 1539. Under his administration, the Ottomans undertook the Corfu campaign (1537) and waged war against the Habsburgs in Vienna (1537–1540). Additionally, his native Vlore region was put under full Ottoman control, and the Sandjak of Delvina was created. He died of plague in Istanbul and was buried in the Eyüp Sultan Mosque.

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