Hadim Ali Pasha was an Ottoman

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 statesman

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 (hadim means "eunuch

Eunuch

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"). He served as governor of Rumeli, and led the Ottoman army in the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1485–1491

Ottoman–Mamluk War (1485–1491)

An Ottoman-Mamluk war took place between 1485–1491, when the Ottoman Empire invaded the Mamluk Sultanate territories of Anatolia and Syria. This war was an essential event in the Ottoman struggle for the domination of the Middle-East. After multiple encounters however, the war ended in a stalemate...

, but was defeated at Adana in 1488. He was then named Grand Vizier

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 in 1501-1503, and again in 1509-1511. During his latter tenure he led the suppression of the Alevi

Alevi

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-led Shahkulu Uprising, but fell in battle near Sivas along with the rebel leader Shahkulu himself.