Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha was an Ottoman

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 grand vizier

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 of the early 18th century (Çorlu

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 1670 - Lesbos 1711). After the Edirne event

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, Ahmet III appointed him as the beylerbey

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 (high governor) of Aleppo

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 (in modern Syria

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) and later beylerbey of Tripoli

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 (modern Lebanon

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). In 1704 he returned to İstanbul

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 as a member of the Ottoman Porte. In 1706, he was appointed as grand vizier. Two years later he married to Emine Sultana (daughter of the late sultan Mustafa II

Mustafa II

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) and gained the title damat (groom). But his lucky days were over when Charles XII of Sweden

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 sought refuge in Ottoman lands after his defeat at the Battle of Poltava

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. Peter I of Russia

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 was trying to follow him in Ottoman lands and Charles was trying to persuade the Porte to declare war on Russia

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. Ali Pasha wasn't able to follow a consistent policy and the Swedish

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 ambassador accused him of accepting bribes from the Russians

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. On 15 June 1710 he was dismissed and appointed as the governor of Feodosiya (Kefe) (in modern Ukraine

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) . But before he was able to reach his new office, Ahmet III changed his mind and he was exiled to the island of Lesbos (in modern Greece

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) where he was soon executed.