Semiz Ali Paşa
- Born
- 1513 · Prača.
- Died
- 1565 · Istanbul.
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- politician · writer
- Education
- Enderun School
- Languages
- Ottoman Turkish · Turkish · Arabic
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Semiz Ali Paşa (died 1565) was a “Großwesir” and governor.
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Semiz Ali Paşa was born in Brač and died in Istanbul (1565).
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Semiz Ali Paşa studied at Enderun School. The recorded working language is Ottoman Turkish, Turkish and Arabic. Positions recorded include grand vizier and Egypt eyalet.
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- 1.Mehmet Süreyya. Sicill-i Osmanî. Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı. 1996. 9789753330411.
- 2.Yılmaz Öztuna. Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi: Osmanlı Devleti'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Ötüken Neşriyat A.S. 10. 412–416. 1994. 975-437-141-5.
- 3.Giancarlo Casale. The Ottoman Age of Exploration. Oxford University Press. 87, 102. 26 January 2010. 978-0-19-979879-7.
- 4.Murvar, Vatro. Nation and Religion in Central Europe and the Western Balkans: The Muslims in Bosna, Hercegovina, and Sandžak : a Sociological Analysis. FSSSN Colloquia and Symposia, University of Wisconsin. 34. 1989.
- 5.Ogier de Busbecq (2005), Turkish Letters, Eland, London, pp. 124 - 160
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