Cansel Elçin joined the series with the character of Pargalı İbrahim, who was included in the last episode of the popular historical production of TRT 1, Barbaros Hayreddin Sultan's Fermanı. In the series Barbaros Hayreddin Sultan's Edict, Grand Vizier Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, who returned from the Iraq expedition, did not want Barbaros Hayrettin, one of the most trusted names of Sultan Süleyman, to become the Captain of Derya, and the audience raised the question of whether Pargalı İbrahim was a traitor. Here is information about how Pargalı İbrahim died.
Pargalı İbrahim Pasha's viewers of the fact that the Ottomans were in relations with their enemies wonder whether he was really engaging with them for his own gain or for the welfare of the state. Pargalı's use of all the units of the state for his own gain also brought his own demise. So why was Pargalı İbrahim Pasha executed?
WHY DID KANUNİ KILL PARGALI?
Several factors were effective in İbrahim Pasha's execution. The most important thing is the power that İbrahim Pasha reached in power and the personal ambition and drunkenness created by this power. The following words that Ibrahim Pasha said to King Ferdinant's envoys reveal his ambition: “I am the ruler of this great state; whatever I do remains done; for all power is in my hands. I give the offices, I distribute the provinces, what I give is given and what I refuse is denied. Even when the great sultan wishes to bestow or bestows something, if I do not approve of his decision, it will be rendered out of order. Because everything; War, wealth and power are in my hands.” And Ibrahim Pasha's insistence on using the title Serasker Sultan may have been taken as a kind of challenge.
The Influence of Hürrem Sultan on the Execution of Pargalı İbrahim
Another factor is the conflict between Kanuni and his wife Hürrem Sultan. Especially the fact that İbrahim Pasha openly supported his eldest son Mustafa (who was executed by strangulation in 1553 by Kanuni), who was one of Kanuni's first wife, for the throne, and his competing influence with Hürrem Sultan on Kanuni created this conflict. Ibrahim Pasha's execution of Treasurer Ibrahim Pasha after the conquest of Baghdad and the regret of Kanuni, who approved this later, were also factors in Ibrahim Pasha's disgrace.
Hayatı
Origin He was born in a village near Parga, which remains in what is today Greece. In different sources, it is stated that he was of Greek or Italian origin at birth.
His father was a fisherman (it is recorded that İbrahim Pasha had his parents brought to Istanbul during his grand viziership). He was kidnapped by pirates at the age of 6 and sold as a slave in Manisa!
He took İbrahim, whom he met and became friends with in Manisa during his reign as a sultan, into his entourage. Abraham had become his companion!
The poor son of the fisherman rose to the rank of grand vizier
He became a close friend and adviser to Kanuni during the years he spent in his entourage until his execution. After he became the sultan, he came to Istanbul with him and held the highest positions in the Ottoman Empire, including the Grand Viziership, the Anatolian and Rumelian Beylerbeyliks, and the Seraskership (1528-1536).
After Suleiman the Magnificent became the Sultan, he was first appointed as the Chief Hasoda and from this point on, he rose rapidly thanks to his own abilities and the extraordinary trust relationship between him and Kanuni.
He took part in the Conquest of Belgrade in 1521. He joined the Rhodes expedition in 1522. This situation was brought to the grand vizierate in 1523.
Kanuni loved him so much that he took him to his family. In 1524, Pargalı married the sister of Kanuni, Hatice Sultan. However, despite his achievements as a statesman from Parga, he was on his way to the bad fate that awaited both him and his wife.
He was assigned to maintain order in Egypt and was given the title of Governor of Egypt. He participated in the Hungarian campaign and played an important role in the victory of the Mohac War.
He conducted the negotiations of the Treaty of Istanbul of 1533, which equated the Austrian Emperor with the Ottoman Grand Vizier. He participated in the Irakeyn campaign against the Safavids. After taking Tabriz, he joined the forces of Suleiman the Magnificent and took part in the conquest of Baghdad.
power
The most important data that will reveal the power of Ibrahim Pasha in his period; When he was brought to the office of Serasker by Kanuni, the power of the Empire, which had been symbolized by four, was increased to seven, and İbrahim Pasha was authorized to carry six bricks. The only thing missing from Kanuni is the caliphate. The control of the dominant foreign policy of the Ottoman Empire, which shaped the known world at that time, was entirely in the hands of İbrahim Pasha.
Death
Many historians, based on the reports prepared by foreign ambassadors regarding their meetings with İbrahim Pasha, argue that he made many decisions on his own, out of greed for power. For this reason, it is claimed that he was killed by the order of Suleiman the Magnificent, who was worried about his power in 1536.
İbrahim Pasha's kingly wealth was left to the treasury because his son Mehmet Bey (1525-1528), who was from Hatice Sultan, died at a very young age. When Hatice Sultan (1498-1582), who was widowed after the murder of İbrahim Pasha, died, she was buried in the tomb next to her father Yavuz Sultan Selim.