The war between the Ottomans and Pazvantoğlu…
February 1799 CE
Fearing the anger of Selim III, he had attempted to throw the blame on Constantine Hangerli for not having raised enough funds.
Catching news of this, the prince had tried to intrigue against Küçük, but was disfavored after a coalition of his political adversaries began campaigning against him.
According to the chronicler Dionisie Eclesiarhul, Hangerli attempted to buy back Küçük's protection by having him attend a banquet during which prostitutes, disguised and introduced as members of the most powerful boyar families, competed for the pasha's attention.
On February 11, 1799, the sultan had issued a firman to execute Hangerli on the spot, and a kapucu is dispatched to Bucharest, accompanied by an executioner (whom Dionisie described as "a frightening Moor").
The pair had made efforts to travel in secrecy, and, upon their arrival, had spent three days in seclusion at the Beilic Inn.
Dismissing the warning of his postelnic (according to a contemporary account), Hangerli, after being read the firman, is attacked by the two as he was attempting to call his guards: he is strangled by the Moor, shot twice in the chest and stabbed once by the kapucu, and finally decapitated.
The guards, who storm in after hearing the shots, are shown the firman, and can no longer intervene.
The kapucu displays Hangerli's head for all witnesses to see, stating: "Here is the dog that ate away the sultan's rayah".
He then presents it to Roxana, with the words: "Here is the head of your husband".
Hangerli's remains are exposed in the palace's courtyard for a few days; a passer-by aims a para at the severed head, and is recorded saying: "Here, gorge on money" (Satură-te de bani).
The prince is ultimately buried in the Bucharest church of St Spyridon the New.