Benderli Ali Pasha

This article is about Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Ali Pasha. For "Benderli" Mehmed Selim Pasha, see Mehmed Selim Pasha.

Benderli Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

Benderli Ali Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 23 March 1821 – 30 April 1821
Monarch	Mahmud II
Preceded by	Seyyid Ali Pasha
Succeeded by	Hacı Salih Pasha
Personal details
Died	1821 Cyprus, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman

He ruled from 23 March 1821 to 30 April 1821 as grand vizier of Sultan Mahmud II^[1] He came to Constantinople on 21 April 1821 and was actually only nine days in power.^[1]

He was the last grand vizier clearly executed upon a clear order by a Sultan (Mahmud II).

According to Ottoman biography textbook called Sicill-i Osmani, on 12 April 1821^{[citation needed]} he was diminished by Sultan Mahmud and was sent to exile in Rhodes, where he died later. Controversially according to Ottoman annals by royal historian Vak'a-nüvis Ahmet Cevdet Efendi (textbook called Tarih-i Cevdet), he was sent in exile to Cyprus and after his departure royal executors were sent to the island.^{[citation needed]} He was interred at Karacaahmet Cemetery in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul.

Sources

1. İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 72. (in Turkish)

Preceded by Seyyid Ali Pasha	Grand Vizier 23 March 1821 – 30 April 1821	Succeeded by Hacı Salih Pasha