Sarı Süleyman Paşa
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Sarı Süleyman Pasha | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 18 November 1685 – 18 September 1687 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed IV |
| Preceded by | Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Abaza Siyavuş Pasha II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pljevlja, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died |
14 October 1687 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire
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| Service/branch | Ottoman Army |
| Rank | Commander-in-Chief |
| Battles/wars | |
Sarı Süleyman Paşa (Bosnian: Sari Sulejman-paša; died 14 October 1687) was the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 18 November 1685 to 18 September 1687. He was executed after the defeat of the Ottoman forces in the Battle of Mohács (1687).
In Turkish, his epithet sarı means "blond (haired)".
He was born in Taşlıca (Pljevlja, now Montenegro), in the Bosnia Eyalet.
He was the kdhya of Grand Vizier Ahmed Köprülü (s. 1661–1676), and later the Sultan's master of the horse.
After Sarı Süleyman Pasha was appointed grand vizier, he immediately began to write desperate letters to the Great Khan of the Crimean Khanate and the pashas of Timișoara, Székesfehérvár and Osijek in order to reorganize and reinforce the battered Ottoman Army in Hungary, struggling during the Battle of Buda (1686). Although Sarı Süleyman Pasha made several attempts to break the blockade around Buda, the city was ultimately captured by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine. Soon afterwards the Ottomans had even lost Székesfehérvár.
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