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Beheading in the Ottoman Empire

Decapitation was the normal method of executing the death penalty under classical Islamic law. It was also, together with hanging, one of the ordinary methods of execution in the Ottoman Empire.

Notable people
Lazar of Serbia (1329–1389), Prince of Serbia, captured during battle and executed, according to some views at the place of Pirinaz Mosque. • Władysław III of Poland (1424–1444), King of Poland, killed during battle and then beheaded. • Stephen Tomašević (1438–1463), King of Bosnia, captured and executed by Sultan Mehmed II. • Yunus Pasha (d. 1517), Grand Vizier, executed by order of Sultan Selim I. • Hain Ahmed Pasha (d. 1524), Ottoman renegade pasha, executed due to treason. • Marco Antonio Bragadin and Astorre Baglioni (d. 1571), condottieri, executed by Lala Mustafa Pasha. • Ali Janbulad (d. 1610), Ottoman Kurdish renegade pasha, executed due to treason, head put on display in Constantinople. • Ahmet the Calligrapher (d. 1682), Ottoman convert to Christianity, executed after refusing to return to Islam. • Bajo Pivljanin (1630–1685), Serb hajduk, head put on display with several other at entrance of Seraglio. • Gomidas Keumurdjian (1656–1707), Armenian Catholic priest, executed after refusing to convert. • Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654–1714), Prince of Wallachia, executed by order of Sultan Ahmed III after refusing to convert. • Saint Christos the Arvanid (d. 1748), Albanian civilian, executed after refusing to convert. • Nicholas Mavrogenes (1735–1790), Prince of Wallachia, killed, head put on display in Constantinople. • Hadji Ali Haseki (d. 1795), Ottoman official, executed, head put on display in front of Topkapı. • Constantine Hangerli (1760–1799), Prince of Wallachia, head put on display in his palace. • At least 72 heads of Serb notables in the "Slaughter of the Knezes" (Late December–4 February 1804), among whom were Janko Gagić, Aleksa Nenadović and Ilija Birčanin, the latter two's heads were put on display at Mehmed-aga Fočić's house. • Stevan Sinđelić (1771–1809), Serbian rebel commander, head put on display at the Skull Tower. • Sotirakis Londos (d. 1812), Greek notable, executed by order of the governor of Morea Eyalet. • Stanoje Glavaš (1763–1815), Serbian rebel commander, head put on display at Kalemegdan. • Selim Khimshiashvili (1755–1815), Ottoman beylerbey, executed by order of Sultan Mahmud II due to treason. • Karađorđe (1768–1817), Serbian rebel leader, head decapitated after death, sent to Vizier Marashli Ali Pasha and then to the sultan, impaled on a stake and left on public display for a week at Constantinople. • Abdullah bin Saud Al Saud (d. 1819), Saudi emir, executed by order of Sultan Mahmud II due to crimes against Islam. ==References==
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