Ali Paşa Çorlulu - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Aynur, Hatice
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Probably born in 1080/1670 as the son of a peasant or barber at Çorlu in Thrace, Ali Paşa Çorlulu ( ʿAlī Pasha Çorlulu, d. 1123/1711) was adopted by the kapıcı başı (qapıcı başı , commander of the guard), Türkmen Kara Bayram Ağa (Türkmen Qara Bayrām Ağa), during the reign of Sultan Ahmed II (Sulṭān Aḥmed II, r. 1102-6/1691-5). He was first appointed as a probationer in Galata Sarayı (Galata Sarāyı) followed by positions in the Inner Service of the imperial household ( enderun-u hümayun, enderūn-i hümāyūn )