Mahmud Pasha Angelovic
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Mahmud Engjëlli Pasha |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 1472–1474 |
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| Monarch | Mehmed II |
| Preceded by | Ishak Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Gedik Ahmed Pasha |
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In office 1456–1466 |
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| Monarch | Mehmed II |
| Preceded by | Zaganos Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Rum Mehmed Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1420 Novo Brdo, Serbian Despotate (modern Kosovo) |
| Died | 1474 |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Spouse(s) | Selçuk Hatun |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Adni |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Ottoman Navy
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| Rank | Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) |
| Battles/wars |
Siege of Belgrade (1456) Siege of Trebizond (1461) Ottoman conquest of Bosnia |
Mahmud Pasha Angelović (Serbian: Махмуд-паша Анђеловић/Mahmud-paša Anđelović; Turkish: Veli Mahmud Paşa; 1420–1474) was the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and again from 1472 to 1474, who also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like").
Born in Kosovo, near Prishtina, he was a descendant of the Byzantine Angelos family that had left Thessaly in 1394. As a child, he was abducted by the Ottomans according to the devşirme system and raised as a Muslim in Edirne. A capable soldier, he was married to a daughter of Sultan Mehmed II. After distinguishing himself at the Siege of Belgrade (1456), he was raised to the position of Grand Vizier as a reward, succeeding Zagan Pasha. Throughout his tenure, he led armies or accompanied Mehmed II on his own campaigns.
He was born in 1420, in the town of Novo Brdo, in the Serbian Despotate, at the time a vassal of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Kosovo). Mahmud Pasha and his brother Mihailo Anđelović were grandchildren of either Alexios Angelos Philanthropenos or his brother/son Manuel, rulers of Thessaly. After the Ottoman conquest of Thessaly in 1394, the family took refuge in Serbia. Mahmud may have also been related to the noblemen Alessio and Peter Spani through Alexios III Angelos, who was possibly their ancestor. Although the contemporary Byzantine sources and Ibn Kemal calls him Serbian, some late Ottoman sources erroneously call him Croatian.
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