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Revolt · 1524
Ahmed Pasha, commander at the siege of Rhodes, was bitterly disappointed when İbrahim Pasha was made grand vizier and asked for the governorship of Egypt (19 August 1523). Learning that Kara Musa had been sent to kill him, in January 1524 he declared independence with the title “al-Malik al-Mansur Sultan Ahmed”; he had Kara Musa killed, destroyed the janissaries in the citadel of Cairo and had coins struck and the sermon read in his name. Süleyman sent an army under Ayas Pasha. Wounded but surviving an assassination attempt by his own men, Ahmed Pasha fled to the Banu Bakr tribe, who seized and killed him. Ottoman histories call him “the Traitor” (Hain).
| Date | January 1524 – 1524 |
|---|---|
| Location | Cairo (Egypt) |
| Result | Suppressed; Ahmed Pasha was captured and killed. Grand Vizier İbrahim Pasha was sent to Egypt to restore order (October 1524) |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire (Süleyman I) | Ahmed Pasha and his supporters |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Ayas Pasha | Ahmed Pasha |
Took place during the reign of Suleiman I (1520–1566). Suleiman I
Open the reign of Suleiman I on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 3,045,000 km² in 1524; at the start of Suleiman I's reign they measured 3,034,000 km², at its end 5,127,000 km².
During Suleiman I (1520–1566) the atlas records 20 regions gained and 1 region lost.
Regions gained: Belgrade–Šabac (1521), Rhodes and the Dodecanese (1522), Eastern Slavonia and Syrmia (Osijek–Vukovar) (1526), Lika–Krbava (1527), Baghdad–Basra (1534), Azerbaijan–Shirvan–Yerevan (1534), Požega (central Slavonia) (1537), Yemen–Asir (1538), and 12 more.
Regions lost: Azerbaijan–Shirvan–Yerevan (1555).
With a reign of forty-six years he ruled longer than any other sultan. He brought the state to its military, legal and cultural peak; yet the executions of his sons Mustafa and Bayezid are the gravest instances of violence within the dynasty.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Ahmed Paşa, Hain” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.