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'''Köprülü Numan (or Nuuman) Pasha''' (died [[1719]]) was the Grand [[Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from [[1710]] to [[1711]]. |
'''Köprülü Numan (or Nuuman) Pasha''' (died [[1719]]) was the Grand [[Vizier]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from [[1710]] to [[1711]]. |
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It was recorded that Numan Pasha was [[:wiktionary:bookish|bookish]] and pale of skin. He was also not of sound mind; his time in office was noted for an incident where he was insistent that there was always a [[fly]] landed upon his nose. He was only cured when during an examination, a French physician fed him [[:wiktionary:julep|juleps]] (lying that it was for medicinal purposes), and pretended to agree with him. The physician produced a knife and cut off the imaginary fly, and then showed Numan Pasha a dead one that was already hidden in his hand. <ref>Goodwin, Jason: ''Lords of the Horizons'' (chapter 19: Koprulu and Vienna, ''p. 234'') published 1998</ref>. |
It was recorded that Numan Pasha was [[:wiktionary:bookish|bookish]] and pale of skin. He was also not of sound mind; his time in office was noted for an incident where he was insistent that there was always a [[fly]] landed upon his nose. He was only cured when during an examination, a French physician fed him [[:wiktionary:julep|juleps]] (lying that it was for medicinal purposes), and pretended to agree with him. The physician produced a knife and cut off the imaginary fly, and then showed Numan Pasha a dead one that was already hidden in his hand. <ref>Goodwin, Jason: ''Lords of the Horizons'' (chapter 19: Koprulu and Vienna, ''p. 234'') published 1998</ref>. |
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Revision as of 14:31, 9 July 2006
Köprülü Numan (or Nuuman) Pasha (died 1719) was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1710 to 1711.
He was a member of the Köprülü family.
It was recorded that Numan Pasha was bookish and pale of skin. He was also not of sound mind; his time in office was noted for an incident where he was insistent that there was always a fly landed upon his nose. He was only cured when during an examination, a French physician fed him juleps (lying that it was for medicinal purposes), and pretended to agree with him. The physician produced a knife and cut off the imaginary fly, and then showed Numan Pasha a dead one that was already hidden in his hand. [1].
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- ^ Goodwin, Jason: Lords of the Horizons (chapter 19: Koprulu and Vienna, p. 234) published 1998
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