Hadım Şehabeddin
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The foundation inscription on the entrance door of Şehabeddin Pasha's Mosque, known today as the "Kirazlı Mosque" in Edirne, Turkey, contains Arabic writing that mentions the name of the founder as follows, from which it is understood that his father’s name was “Abdullah”:
“This blessed mosque was founded during the reign of Sultan Murad Khan, by Hajji Shehab al-Din son of Abdullah, in the year 840 [Hijri].” | |
| Nickname(s) | Kula Şahin |
| Died | 1453 Bursa, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey) |
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Hadım Şehabeddin Pasha (Old Turkish: Şihābüddīn; fl. 1436–53), also called Kula Şahin Pasha, was an Ottoman general and governor that served Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46; 1451–81). Brought to the Ottoman court at a young age, Şehabeddin started as a court eunuch (hadım), then advanced to become Kapi Agha, a close advisor to the Sultan, before being appointed governor (sanjakbey) in Albania, and then at the height of his career, provincial governor (beylerbey) of Rumelia (1439–42). Şehabeddin was known as ardent supporter of the expansionist policy of Ottoman Empire. He commanded the Ottoman forces that captured Novo Brdo in 1441. After his forces were heavily defeated in a battle with forces of Janos Hunyadi in September 1442, he was dismissed from the position of beylerbey. After 1444 he was again briefly appointed to the position of beylerbey of Rumelia. Şehabeddin died in 1453 in Bursa.