Cerrah Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: جراح محمد پاشا; died January 1604, Istanbul) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1598 to 1599.[1]

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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
9 April 1598 – 6 January 1599
MonarchMehmed III
Preceded byHadım Hasan Pasha
Succeeded byDamat Ibrahim Pasha
Personal details
DiedJanuary 1604
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
Spouse
(m. 1579)
ChildrenSultanzade Salih Bey

Mehmed Pasha was the palace surgeon prior to becoming grand vizier, hence his epithet cerrah 'surgeon'. The Istanbul neighborhood of Cerrahpaşa and one of the two medical faculties of Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty [tr] (the other being Istanbul Medical Faculty [tr]), are named after him.

Family

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In 1579 he married Gevherhan Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan. He was her second husband.[2][3]

They had at least a son:[4]

  • Sultanzade Salih Bey. Governor of Klis.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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 978-975-16-0014-1 ), p. 358
  2. ^ Tezcan, Baki (November 2001). Searching for Osman: A reassessment of the deposition of the Ottoman Sultan Osman II (1618-1622). pp. 327 n. 16, 343 n. 132.
  3. ^ Peirce 1993, p. 193.
  4. ^ According to some sources, Hatice Hanımsultan, Gevherhan's youngest daughter and Salih's elder half-sister, was also actually born by this marriage and was Cerrah Mehmed's daughter and Salih's full elder sister.

Works cited

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Political offices
Preceded by Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
9 April 1598 – 6 January 1599
Succeeded by