Tayyar Mehmed Pasha

Born in a Turkish family in the Anatolian city of Ladik in the province of Sivas . His father, Mehmed Pasha, served as a chamberlain under the great vizier Nasuh Pasha (1611-1614), then was Baghdad's Bayler and Vizier, died during the siege of Baghdad in 1638.

Tayyar Mehmed Pasha participated in the military campaign against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 1620 ), in 1621 received the title of Vizier and was appointed governor of Aleppo , then became the Sangas sanjakbei.

After the death of Sultan Osman II, Mehmed Pasha joined the rebel commander Abaz Pasha , but during the battle of Kayseri in 1624 he switched to the side of government forces. In 1630, he received the post of governor of Diyarbakir , in 1631 he became the beverbey of Anatolia. In 1632, Tiatoglu Mehmed Pasha was re-appointed as the Deyarbakir Beylerbey.

During the military campaign of Sultan Murad IV against Iran, the task of Mehmed Pasha was to protect Mosul . In August 1638 , when the great Vizier Bayram Pasha died during a campaign in Baghdad , the Sultan appointed Tyatoglu Mehmed Pasha the new great Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

The siege of the Turkish army of Baghdad lasted more than 40 days. The impatient sultan began to rush the great vizier, who carefully guided the siege to minimize losses. After reprimanding Tyatoglu, Mehmed Pasha decided to undertake a general assault on Baghdad and took a personal part in the attack on December 24, 1638 . Although the attack was successful, the great vizier Tyatoglu Mehmed Pasha was killed during the fighting.