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

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

Benderli Ali Pasha

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

Benderli Ali Pasha

According to Ottoman biography textbook called Sicill-i Osmani, on 12 April 1821 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. He was interred at Karacaahmet Cemetery in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul.

Benderli Ali Pasha

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People from Bender, Moldova

19th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire

Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery

Executed people from the Ottoman Empire

Moldavian Muslims

19th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire

Executed Moldovan people

Year of birth missing

1821 deaths