Bıyıklı Mehmed Paşa

• Honorific Prefix — Fatih (Conqueror) • Term End2 — 23 October 1514 • Office1 — Ottoman Governor of Diyarbekir • Term Start1 — 4 November 1515 • Term End1 — 24 December 1521 • Predecessor1 — Position established • Successor1 — Divane Hüsrev Pasha • Monarch1 — Selim I Suleyman I • Office2 — Governor of Trebizond Sanjak • Term Start2 — 1514 • Predecessor2 — Sunguroglu Ahmed Pasha • Successor2 — Mirza Mehmed Bey • Monarch2 — Selim I • Honorific Suffix — Pasha • Name — Mehmed • Died — 24 December 1521 • Place of death — Diyarbekir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire • Children — Mustafa Pasha • Education — Enderun School • Allegiance — Ottoman Empire • Branch — Ottoman Empire • Service Years — Until his death • Rank — Serdar • Battles — * Ottoman Civil War (1509–1513) • Battle of Yenişehir • Ottoman–Persian War (1505–1517) • Battle of Chaldiran • Siege of Kiğı (1514) • Siege of Bayburt (1514) • Siege of Kemah (1515) • Battle of Ovacık (1515) • Battle of Koçhisar (1516) • Siege of Harput (1516) • Siege of Mosul (1517) • Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17) • Battle of Marj Dabiq

There is little information about his origin and early life, but there is claim that he was descended from the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu tribe. He was probably educated in the Enderûn.

After the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), he commanded the East Front against the 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 Mesopotamia regions. He defeated the Safavid army twice in the Battle of Ovacık (1515) and the Battle of Koçhisar (1516). He commanded the Ottoman left flank at the Battle of Marj Dabiq against the Mamluk army. After this battle, he returned to the eastern front to continue his campaign against the Safavids. During his campaign, he became a Vizier Governor of Diyarbakır after the siege and capture of Diyarbakır. He commanded this front until his death in 1521.