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Hadım Suleiman Pasha

15th century · 15th century

Hadım Suleiman Pasha was an Ottoman commander and governor of Rumelia under Mehmed II. In January 1475 he led a large Ottoman army into Moldavia and was decisively defeated by Stephen the Great at the Battle of Vaslui. The defeat was among the heaviest suffered by Ottoman arms in that century.

Hadım Suleiman Pasha
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hadım Suleiman Pasha. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hadim-suleiman-pasha
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