Editing Suleiman the Magnificent (section)

===Grand Vizier Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha===
[[File:Suleiman I after the capture of Buda, 1529.jpg|thumb|upright|Suleiman awaits the arrival of his [[Grand Vizier]] [[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]] at [[Buda]], 1529.]]

Before his downfall, [[Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha]] was an inseparable friend and possible lover of Suleiman. In fact, he is referred to by his chroniclers as "the favourite" (Maḳbūl) along with "the executed" (Maḳtūl).<ref>{{Citation |last=Gökbilgin |first=M. Tayyib |title=Ibrāhīm Pas̲h̲a |date=24 April 2012 |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/*-SIM_3457 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition |publisher=Brill |language=en |access-date=2 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Baer |first=Marc David |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1236896222 |title=The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs |publisher=Basic Books |date=2021 |isbn=978-1-5416-7380-9 |edition=First |location=New York |oclc=1236896222}}</ref> Historians state that Suleiman I is remembered for "his passion for two of his slaves: for his beloved Ibrahim when the sultan was a hot-blooded youth, and for his beloved Hurrem when he was mature."<ref name=":0" />

Ibrahim was originally a Christian from [[Parga]] (in [[Epirus]]), who was captured in a raid during the [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)|1499–1503 Ottoman–Venetian War]], and was given as a slave to Suleiman most likely in 1514.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Turan |first=Ebru |title=The Marriage of Ibrahim Pasha (ca. 1495–1536): The Rise of Sultan Süleyman's Favorite to the Grand Vizierate and the Politics of the Elites in the Early Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire |journal=Turcica |volume=41 |date=2009 |pages=3–36|doi=10.2143/TURC.41.0.2049287 |doi-access=free |via=Peeters Online Journals |url=https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=2049287&journal_code=TURC |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240430010430/https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/secure/POJ/downloadpdf.php?ticket_id=663041fa0e651&newlayout=1 |archive-date= 30 April 2024 }}</ref> Ibrahim converted to Islam and Suleiman made him the royal [[Falconry|falconer]], then promoted him to first officer of the Royal Bedchamber.<ref name="Mansel" />{{rp|87}} It was reported that they slept together in the same bed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |first=Ebru |last=Turan |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/655885125 |title=The sultan's favorite : İbrahim Pasha and the making of the Ottoman universal sovereignty in the reign of Sultan Süleyman (1516-1526) pp 139-140 |oclc=655885125}}</ref> The sultan also built Ibrahim a lavish palace on the ancient [[Hippodrome]], Istanbul's main forum outside the [[Hagia Sophia]] and [[Topkapı Palace]]. Despite his following marriage and his new sumptuous residence, Ibrahim sometimes spent the night with Suleiman I at Topkapı Palace. In turn, the sultan occasionally slept at Ibrahim's lodgings.<ref name=":0" /> Ibrahim Pasha rose to [[Grand Vizier]] in 1523 and commander-in-chief of all the armies. Suleiman also conferred upon Ibrahim Pasha the honor of ''[[beylerbey]]'' of [[Rumelia]] (first-ranking military governor-general), granting Ibrahim authority over all Ottoman territories in Europe, as well as command of troops residing within them in times of war. At the time, Ibrahim was only about thirty years old and lacked any actual military expertise; it is said that 'tongues wagged' at this unprecedented promotion straight from palace service to the two highest offices of the empire.<ref name=":0" />

During his thirteen years as Grand Vizier, his rapid rise to power and vast accumulation of wealth had made Ibrahim many enemies at the Sultan's court. Suleiman's suspicion of Ibrahim was worsened by a quarrel between the latter and the finance secretary (''[[defterdar]]'') [[İskender Çelebi]]. The dispute ended in the disgrace of Çelebi on charges of intrigue, with Ibrahim convincing Suleiman to sentence the ''defterdar'' to death. Ibrahim also supported Şehzade Mustafa as the successor of Suleiman. This caused disputes between him and Hurrem Sultan, who wanted her sons to succeed to the throne. Ibrahim eventually fell from grace with the Sultan and his wife. Suleiman consulted his [[Qadi]], who suggested that Ibrahim be put to death. The Sultan recruited assassins and ordered them to strangle Ibrahim in his sleep.<ref>Hester Donaldson Jenkins, ''Ibrahim Pasha: grand vizir of Suleiman the Magnificent'' (1911) pp 109–125.[https://archive.org/details/39020024820097-ibrahimpashagra/page/n69/mode/2up online]</ref>