Hacı Halil Pasha (; ?–1733) was an
Ottoman Grand vizier
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. His ephitet ''Hacı'' means "
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Early years
Hacı Halil Pasha was born to a
Turkish family in
Kemaliye
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Description
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corps. In 1694, he resigned and went to
Baghdad
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(now in
Iraq
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) as the subordinate of the Baghdad governor. In 1711 he was promoted to the overall command of the Bostancı corps (''Bostancıbaşı'') and in 1716 to the post of
beylerbey
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the
Erzurum Eyalet. However he didn't serve in Erzurum due to the outbreak of the
Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, being reassigned to serve in
Belgrade
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(now in
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).
Grand Vizier
During the decisive
Battle of Petrovaradin
The Battle of Petrovaradin also known as the Battle of Peterwardein, took place on 5 August 1716 during the Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718), Austro-Turkish War when the Ottoman army besieged the Habsburg-controlled fortress of Petrovaradin on ...
on 5 August 1716, the grand vizier
Silahdar Ali Pasha was killed. Upon the suggestion of the commanders, the sultan appointed Halil Pasha as the new grand vizier. Next year he campaigned to aid Belgrade, which
was being besieged by the
Austrian army. However
Eugene of Savoy
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of Austria defeated Halil Pasha and captured Belgrade. After this defeat he was dismissed from the post on 26 August 1717.
Later years
Although he was sentenced to death, he hid himself in
Istanbul
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. On 7 June 1720 he was discovered, but with the help of his partisans he was pardoned. In 1727, he became the governor of the
Sanjak of Eğriboz in central Greece, and in the next year he was appointed to the governorship of
Crete
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, where he died in 1733.
See also
*
List of Ottoman grand viziers
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References
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1733 deaths
18th-century grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire
17th-century births
Ottoman governors of Crete
Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)
People from Elbasan