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Candarli Halil Pasha the Younger

خليل باشا الجاندرلي الصغير

1453 CE · 857 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Candarli Halil Pasha the Younger, Mehmed II's vizier at the siege of Constantinople. Al-Salabi reports him leading the counsellors who tried to turn the sultan from taking the city toward a settlement 1, and urging withdrawal at the final war council for fear of Christian Europe's anger — the book adds that contemporaries accused him of colluding with the Byzantines, and Zaganos Pasha answered him fiercely 2.

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Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia
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Overview

Candarli Halil Pasha the Younger, Mehmed II's vizier during the siege of Constantinople, and the last grand vizier of the Candarli house.

His stance on the siege

Al-Salabi reports him foremost among the counsellors who tried to persuade the sultan to give up the city and settle with its people 1, urging withdrawal at the war council — no bloodshed, and beware Christian Europe's anger 2.

The accusation

The book says he stood accused of colluding with the Byzantines and dampening resolve — Zaganos Pasha answered him fiercely in council 2. It is an accusation al-Salabi relays from the chronicles, not a settled verdict.

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Participated in
Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH

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Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani· آق شمس الدين· Baltaoglu· Constantine XI Palaiologos· Gennadios II (Scholarios)· Giovanni Giustiniani· السلطان محمد الفاتح· Orban the Hungarian cannon-founder

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 98
  2. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 105
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani

Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani, 'the godly scholar' whom Murad II appointed to teach his son Mehmed when the prince was governor of Manisa; earlier tutors had failed — the boy had not even finished a Qur'an recitation — so the sultan gave al-Kurani a rod to beat him if he disobeyed. The scholar entered, rod in hand: 'Your father sent me to teach you and to beat you if you disobey'; the prince laughed, and was beaten so soundly he feared him and completed the Qur'an soon after. Al-Salabi describes him as one who would tear up a sultanic order that contravened the shari'a, address the sultan by name and never kiss his hand, and he backed Zaganos at the final war council.