In the remarkable television series "Magnificent Century" one can not ignore one figure, which played an important role in the fate of the Shah dynasty, as well as the entire Ottoman Empire. This is Rustem Pasha.
On the screen it was embodied by a brilliant Turkishactor Ozan Güven, who had already starred before in several sensational films: "Balalaika", "Brave Ottomans", "Second Spring" and others. The audience, who watched Rustem Pasha's rapid career with a sinking heart, repeatedly raised questions about what, from the shown in the series, is true, and what is the creative fiction of the screenwriter?
Regarding this period of life of the future son-in-lawSultan Suleiman I historical reality converges with the fictional fantasy in only one. Damat Opukovich was a Croat. He was born in 1500 in Skradin. The rest is true biography Rustem-Pasha is very different fromshown on the screen. The documents say nothing about his father-swineherd. Moreover, little Opukovich comes to Istanbul with his brother. Both of them are educated in the court madrasah.
The film presents Rustem as a modestgroom. The scriptist allows a psychological inconsistency: the noble spirit of the son-in-law Khurrem initially acts as a bandit who does not choose the means. So, in order to advance on the career ladder, he pruned the girth of a horse, which was circled by the manager of the Sultan's stables.
When he falls, the subordinate, instead ofto help his boss, break his neck, giving out his death for an accident. Real biography of Rustem Pasha paints us a completely different picture. The documents show that in the year of the Battle of Mohács the 26-year-old soldier became a squire, and after that he was appointed the steward of the stables.
This really took place.For devotion in especially difficult times Roksolana tried in every possible way to reward Rustem. His appointment: first as Governor of Diyarbakir, in 1538 by Anatolia Beylerbee, and a year later Third Vizier - initiated exclusively by the beloved wife of the Sultan. Rustem Pasha's biography and his involvement in the execution of Mustafa's chess team are not in vain. For this, the son-in-law of the Sultan paid disgrace, but soon again was called to the court, as Suleiman I He highly valued his advice in the field of finance.
According to Turkish legends,the only daughter for her protege, just the one who turned 12 years old. And the groom allegedly at that time was over fifty. But the documented date of the wedding details a different one: the newlyweds turned 17 and 39 years old. In this sense, Rustem-Pasha's biography is quite truthfully illustrated. But the historical sources keep silent about the feelings that they had for each other. Therefore, we can fantasize that the young princess "slyla" by handsome Balibey. By the way, "history with lice" is by no means fiction. The historian Ali Efendi was told about by the same doctor who found the insect (for a find he received a decent reward). After the marriage, Rustem-Vizier had the nickname "Happy Lousy".
Turkish historians of that era wrote that, whenMustafu was executed, the need for Rustem at Hürrem fell away. Allegedly she "threw back" on him an attempt on the Sultan, because of which the Vizier was executed. What a mysterious person is this Rustem Pasha:biography, the cause of death and even her year in the popular rumor and sources do not coincide. Actually, the husband of Mikhrim died in 1561, on July 10, from dropsy. His ashes rest in the mosque of Shehzadeh.
