Deli Abdullah Pasha

Deli Abdullah Pasha or Abdullah Hamdullah Pasha was an Ottoman leader who served as grand vizier between November 1822 and March 1823 during the reign of Mahmud II.

Abdullah served as bostancıbaşı (head of security) from 1809 to 1815. He was appointed kapudan pasha (grand admiral) in July 1819, but resigned in November 1821. During his time as kapudan pasha, he signed an order (buyuruldu) in 1820 resolving issues with the French purchase of the Venus de Milo. At some point, he was also governor of the sancak of Karahisar-ı Sahib and the muhafız (guard) of the Anatolian coast of the Bosporus.^[1]^[2]

Abdullah was appointed grand vizier on November 10 or 11, 1822, and tasked with finding and removing supporters of the formerly influential Halet Efendi from imperial service. He was also ordered to have Halet executed. After Abdullah completed these tasks, he was removed as grand vizier on March 30, 1823. The reason given was that he had failed to bring the Janissaries under control.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ Yenidünya, Süheyla (2009). "Halit Efendi'ye Dair Bir Risale" [A Treatise on Halit Efendi]. Trakya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish). 11 (2): 30-31 n.31. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ Eldem, Edhem (2022). "Pour une histoire « locale » de la Vénus de Milo" [For a "Local" History of the Venus de Milo]. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (in French). 146 (2). Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ Gökçek, Mustafa (2001). "Centralization during the Era of Mahmud II". Osmanlı Araştırmaları. 21: 243. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
^ Dinçergök, Burak (2020). Mehmet Sait Hâlet Efendi (bachelor's thesis) (in Turkish). Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi. p. 24.
^ Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1977). A History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume II: Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1808—1975. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
^ Ilıcak, H. Şükrü, ed. (2021). "Those Infidel Greeks": The Greek War of Independence through Ottoman Archival Documents. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill; Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. pp. 40, 457 n.1, 1649, 1670. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

[1] Yenidünya, Süheyla (2009). "Halit Efendi'ye Dair Bir Risale" [A Treatise on Halit Efendi]. Trakya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish). 11 (2): 30-31 n.31. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

[2] Eldem, Edhem (2022). "Pour une histoire « locale » de la Vénus de Milo" [For a "Local" History of the Venus de Milo]. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique (in French). 146 (2). Retrieved 20 May 2025.

[3] Gökçek, Mustafa (2001). "Centralization during the Era of Mahmud II". Osmanlı Araştırmaları. 21: 243. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

[4] Dinçergök, Burak (2020). Mehmet Sait Hâlet Efendi (bachelor's thesis) (in Turkish). Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi. p. 24.

[5] Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1977). A History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume II: Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1808—1975. Cambridge University Press. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

[6] Ilıcak, H. Şükrü, ed. (2021). "Those Infidel Greeks": The Greek War of Independence through Ottoman Archival Documents. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill; Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. pp. 40, 457 n.1, 1649, 1670. Retrieved 19 May 2025.

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