Mahmud Pasha’s Origins and the Angelović Family in the light of New Evidence

Katić, Tatjana (2024) Mahmud Pasha’s Origins and the Angelović Family in the light of New Evidence. Inicijal. Časopis za srednjovekovne studije, 12. pp. 197-207. ISSN 2334-8003

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Abstract

The origins of Mahmud Pasha Angelović (Angeli), one of the most prominent Ottoman grand viziers, have been debated for decades and are yet to be fully established. While there is certainty about his father being a Greek belonging to the distinguished Byzantine families of the Angeloi and Philanthropenoi, there is ambiguity about his mother’s origin. According to Byzantine historian Laonikos Chalkokondyles, she was Serbian, while Kritovoulos of Imbros asserts Greek lineage. Nevertheless, it is widely accepted that Mahmud Pasha was born in Serbia, specifically in the town of Novo Brdo. Drawing on new evidence from 15th- and 16th-century Ottoman sources, this paper challenges the prevailing belief that Novo Brdo was his birthplace, aims to strengthen the arguments in favour of his Byzantine-Serbian descent, and sheds light on his extended family and relatives

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