Mahmud Pasha Angelovic

Mahmud Pasha Angelovic (1420–1474) is the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and again from 1472 to 1474, who also writes Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni.

A member of the Byzantine Angelos family and raised a Christian, he is abducted as a child by the Sultan according to the devşirme system and raised as a Muslim in Edirne.

A capable soldier, he is married to a daughter of Sultan Mehmed II.

After distinguishing himself at the Siege of Belgrade (1456), he is raised to the position of Grand Vizier as a reward, succeeding Zagan Pasha.

Throughout his tenure, he leads armies or accompanies Mehmed II on his own campaigns.

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