[5] A few days later, Ahmed Pasha gathered the local emirs and kadıs (judges) and asked them for advice on what to do with the already minted low-quality copper.
One of the kadıs suggested that the pasha circulate the newly minted specie amongst the population by trading the copper coins for their existing money.
[5] Although this was not the pasha's original plan (which was to make the copper into wedges and send it to Takrur and sub-Saharan Africa, and reimburse the sultan's 300,000 gold coins out of his own pocket), he soon warmed up to the idea.
[6] Most citizens received the equal specie for their money, but as the distribution continued, eventually in February 1635, the people were given 80 kuruş for 100 lbs.
[6] Also in February 1635, the sultan ordered Ahmed Pasha to send him 3,000 troops and 3,000 kantars (300,000 lbs) of gunpowder, this time for an expedition against the Persians.
[6] Ahmed Pasha was dismissed from office in 1635 either for cruelty[1] or because of the sultan's displeasure with his monetary (losing the government money by giving specie for 80 kuruş per 100 lbs.