Baltacı Mehmet Pasha
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Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmet Pasha |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 18 August 1710 – 20 November 1711 |
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| Monarch | Ahmet III |
| Preceded by | Köprülü Numan Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ağa Yusuf Pasha |
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 25 December 1704 – 3 May 1706 |
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| Monarch | Ahmet III |
| Preceded by | Kalaylıkoz Hacı Ahmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1652 Osmancık, Çorum, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | July 1712 Lemnos, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality |
 Turkish
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Ottoman Navy (1704) Ottoman Army
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| Years of service | 1704–06, 1710–12 |
| Rank |
Kapudan Pasha (1704) Serdar (Commander-in-Chief; 1710–12) |
| Battles/wars | Pruth River Campaign |
Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (also called Pakçemüezzin Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, sometimes known just as Baltacı or Baltadji; 1662, Osmancık – July 1712, Lemnos) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1704 to 1706, and as Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy) in 1704.
Mehmet was born in Osmancık, near Çorum (modern Turkey). He was of Turkish origin. He travelled to North Africa, which was then Ottoman territory. He then came to Constantinople, the capital of the empire, where he found a job as a baltacı (palace employee) in the palace of the sultan which earned him the epithet Baltacı. He also worked as a secretary and muezzin (person who calls others to prayer in Islamic tradition) and earned the nickname pakçemuezzin. Soon, he was promoted to be the chief stableman (imrahor) and then Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) in 1704. On 25 December 1704, he became the grand vizier.
There are no remarkable feats in his first term as Grand Vizier, and in 1706 he was dismissed. In just four years, he was appointed three times to various remote provinces, namely Erzurum, the island Chios (Turkish: Sakız), and Aleppo (Turkish: Halep) as a governor (presently, Erzurum is in Turkey, Chios in Greece, and Aleppo is in Syria). On 18 August 1710, he began his second term as Grand Vizier.
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