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Mahmud Pasha Angelović

1420 - 1474

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Mahmud Pasha Angelović (Serbian: Махмуд-паша Анђеловић/Mahmud-paša Anđelović; Turkish: Veli Mahmud Paşa; 1420–1474) was a major military leader and the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1456 to 1466 and from 1472 to 1474. He also wrote Persian and Turkish poems under the pseudonym Adni (the "Eden-like"). Born in the Serbian Despotate, he was a descendant of the Byzantine Angelos family that had left Thessaly in 1394. According to biographers, he was conscripted as a child by the Ottomans employing the devşirme system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmud Pasha Angelović is the 4,780th most popular politician (up from 6,326th in 2019). (up from 998th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Mahmud Pasha Angelović ranks 4,780 out of 19,576Before him are Diodotus Tryphon, Mihnea cel Rău, Elizabeth Tudor, Artaphernes, Horus Bird, and Girma Wolde-Giorgis. After him are Qutalmish, Ameenah Gurib, William, Duke of Nassau, Gaius Antonius, Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Perdiccas I of Macedon.

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Among people born in 1420, Mahmud Pasha Angelović ranks 7Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, Jean Fouquet, George of Poděbrady, Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea del Castagno, and Sesshū Tōyō. After him are Abdal-Latif Mirza, João Vaz Corte-Real, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Agostino Barbarigo, Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou, and Peter Schöffer. Among people deceased in 1474, Mahmud Pasha Angelović ranks 4Before him are Guillaume Du Fay, Henry IV of Castile, and 1st Dalai Lama. After him are Ali Qushji, Pietro Riario, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, Nicolò Marcello, and Juan Pacheco.

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