Cenaze Hasan Pasha


Cenaze Hasan Pasha was a short-term Ottoman grand vizier in 1789. His epithet Cenaze means "corpse" because he was ill when appointed to the post.

Early years

He was a Circassian servicing in various positions in the Ottoman Empire. He was the acting governor of Tripoliçe in 1770 during the Russo-Turkish War. He defended the town against a Russia-backed rebellion. Upon this success he was promoted. While he was the governor of Vidin he took part in the Battle of Karánsebes in the scope of Russo-Turkish War and contributed to the victory.

As a grand vizier

On 28 May 1789, he was appointed as the grand vizier. But he was sick in bed when he received the sultan's letter of appointment. So he was nicknamed Cenaze. On 22 September he personally led the army against the Austrian-Russian alliance in the Battle of Rymnik. But he was defeated. After this defeat he was dismissed on 2 December 1789.

Later years

He was appointed as the governor of Rusçuk. But later he was exiled to Bozcaada. In 1792, he was pardoned and appointed as the governor of Silistra. Later he was transferred to various cities like Chania, Heraklion, Bender and Khotyn.
While he was in Khotyn, he fell prisoner to the Russians in the newly begun Russo-Turkish War. After the peace treaty, he retired and died in Larissa in 1810.