Fatih (Conqueror) Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Diyarbekir
In office 4 November 1515 – 24 December 1521
Monarchs	Selim I Suleyman I
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Divane Hüsrev Pasha
Governor of Trebizond Sanjak[1]
In office 1514 – 23 October 1514
Monarch	Selim I
Preceded by	Sunguroglu Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded by	Mirza Mehmed Bey
Personal details
Died	24 December 1521 Diyarbekir Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Turkish[2]
Spouse	Rukiye Sultan disputed
Children	Mustafa Pasha[3]
Alma mater	Enderun School
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Branch/service	Ottoman Army
Years of service	Until his death
Rank	Serdar
Battles/wars	East Front Commander (1515-1521) Capture of Bayburt Siege of Kemah Battle of Tekiryaylağı Battle of Koçhisar Capture of Mosul Egypt Campaign Battle of Marj Dabiq

Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: بیقلی مهمد پاثا, died 24 December 1521) known as Fatih Pasha, was an Ottoman serdar and governor of Diyarbakır.

Early life

There is little information about his origin and early life, but there is claim that he was descended from the Aq Qoyunlu tribe.^[4] He was probably educated in the Enderûn.^[4]

Military career

After the Battle of Chaldiran (1514), he commanded the East Front against Safavids from 1515 to 1521. In this campaign, he captured the Diyarbakır, Mardin, Raqqa, Mosul and other important cities of the Southeastern Anatolia and Northern Iraq regions.^[5] He defeated the Safavid army twice in the Battle of Tekiryaylağı (1515) and the Battle of Koçhisar (1516).^[6] He commanded the Ottoman left flank at the Battle of Marj Dabiq against the Mamluk army.^[7] After this battle, he turned to the eastern front to continue his campaign. During his campaign, he became a Vizier Governor of Diyarbakır after the siege and capture of Diyarbakır.^[8] He commanded this front until his death in 1521.

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