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Topal Recep Pasha (, "Redjep Pasha "
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"; died 18 May 1632) was an Ottoman statesman from the
Sanjak of Bosnia Sanjak of Bosnia (, / Босански санџак) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire established in 1463 when the lands conquered from the Bosnian Kingdom were transformed into a sanjak and Isa-Beg Isaković was appointed its fi ...
, as well as Damat ("bridegroom") to the
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as the husband of Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of Sultan
Ahmed I Ahmed I ( '; ; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide; henceforth, Ottoman rulers would no ...
. He was the
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire The grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire ( or ''Sadr-ı Azam'' (''Sadrazam''); Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: or ) was the ''de facto'' prime minister of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sultan in the Ottoman Empire, with the absolute p ...
from 10 February 1632 to 18 May 1632. He was instrumental in lynching the former grand vizier,
Hafiz Ahmed Pasha Hafiz () or Hafez may refer to: * Hafiz (Quran), a term used by Muslims for people who have completely memorized the Qur'an ** ''Al-Ḥafīẓ'', one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "the Ever-Preserving/Guardian/All-Watching/ Protector" Pe ...
. When his brother-in-law Sultan
Murad IV Murad IV (, ''Murād-ı Rābiʿ''; , 27 July 1612 – 8  February 1640) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640, known both for restoring the authority of the state and for the brutality of his methods. Murad I ...
realized this, he had Recep Pasha executed on 18 May 1632 in
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. He was of Bosnian origin.Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı, (1954) ''Osmanlı Tarihi III. Cilt, 2. Kısım XVI. Yüzyıl Ortalarından XVII. Yüzyıl Sonuna kadar)'', Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu (Altıncı Baskı 2011) ISBN 978-975-16-0010) p.384


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17th-century grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire 17th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire Bosnian Muslims from the Ottoman Empire Year of birth unknown 1632 deaths {{Ottoman-bio-stub