Mesih's support within the government allowed him to weather the deposition and execution of Gedik Ahmed on 18 November 1482 and soon advanced to second vizier within the "divan" when Davud Pasha, hitherto second vizier, acceded to the Grand Vizierate in summer 1483.
Mesih's support within the government allowed him to weather the deposition and execution of Gedik Ahmed on 18 November 1482. Mesih's support within the government soon advanced to second vizier within the "divan" when Davud Pasha acceded to the Grand Vizierate in summer 1483. Davud Pasha was hitherto second vizier.