Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha

Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: بیقلی مهمد پاثا, died 24 December 1521) known as Fatih Pasha, was an Ottoman serdar and governor of Diyarbakır.

Fatih (Conqueror)

Mehmed

Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Diyarbekir[1]
In office
4 November 1515 – 24 December 1521
MonarchSelim I
Suleyman I
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDivane Hüsrev Pasha
Governor of Trebizond Sanjak[2]
In office
1514 – 23 October 1514
MonarchSelim I
Preceded bySunguroglu Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byMirza Mehmed Bey
Personal details
Died24 December 1521
Diyarbekir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
NationalityTurkish[3]
ChildrenMustafa Pasha[4]
Alma materEnderun School[5]
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Branch/service Ottoman Army
Years of serviceUntil his death
RankSerdar
Battles/warsEast Front Commander (1515-1521)

Egypt Campaign

Military career

After the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), he commanded the East Front against Safavids from 1515 to 1521. In this campaign, he captured the Diyarbakır, Mardin, Raqqa, Mosul and other important cities of the Southeastern Anatolia and Northern Iraq regions.[6] He defeated the Safavid army twice in the Battle of Tekiryaylağı (1515) and the Battle of Koçhisar (1516).[7] He commanded the Ottoman left flank at the Battle of Marj Dabiq against the Mamluk army.[8] After this battle, he turned to the eastern front to continue his campaign. During his campaign, he became a Vizier Governor of Diyarbakır after the siege and capture of Diyarbakır.[9] He commanded this front until his death in 1521.

Sources
  • Mehdi, İ. (2015). Amid (Diyarbakır). Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu. ISBN 9799751608894
  • Mehdi, İ. (1981). Diyarbakır Fatihi ve Beylerbeyi Bıyıklı Mehmed Paşa.
  • Hoca Sadeddin Efendi. (1585). Tâcü’t-Tevârîh - IV. İstanbul ISBN 9751710979
  • Göyünç, N. (1969). XVI’ncı Yüzyılda Mardin Sancağı. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi. ISBN 9789751604026
  • https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/biyikli-mehmed-pasa

References
  1. İslam encyclopedia, https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/biyikli-mehmed-pasa
  2. Hanefi Bostan, Trabzon Sancağı, p.58
  3. I. Uluslararası Oğuzlardan Osmanlıya Diyarbakır Sempozyumu Bildirileri, p.569
  4. Mehdi İlhan, 143
  5. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/biyikli-mehmed-pasa
  6. Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, Tâcü’t-Tevârîh IV, 277-290
  7. Nejat Göyünç, 27-28
  8. Genelkurmay Başkanlığı, Yavuz Sultan Selim ve Mısır Seferi, 96
  9. Mehdi İlhan, 140
Political offices
Preceded by
office established		 Vizier Governor of the Diyarbakır
4 October 1515 – 24 December 1521		 Succeeded by
Divane Husrev Pasha
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