Hadım Suleiman Pasha
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31st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
In office April 1541 – 28 November 1544 | |
Monarch | Suleiman I |
Preceded by | Lütfi Pasha |
Succeeded by | Rüstem Pasha |
Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
In office 1537–1538 | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Davud Pasha |
In office 1525–1535 | |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1467 |
Died | September 1547 (aged 79–80) Malkara, Ottoman Empire |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Children | none |
Hadım (Eunuch) Suleiman Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: خادم سلیمان پاشا; Turkish: Hadım Süleyman Paşa; c. 1467 – September 1547) was an Ottoman statesman and military commander. He served as the viceroy of Ottoman Egypt in 1525–1535 and 1537–1538, and as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1541 and 1544.[1] He was a Hungarian eunuch,[2] his epithet hadım meaning "eunuch" in Turkish.
The Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ordered Suleiman Pasha as governor of Egypt to conduct a naval expedition in the Indian Ocean, where he led the capture of Aden and the siege of Diu (in Portuguese India) in 1538.[2] Suleiman Pasha was a benefactor of his long-serving successor in the Egyptian governorship, Davud Pasha (served 1538–1549), whom he championed for the role to spite his rival and colleague, Rüstem Pasha.[3]
See also[]
- Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean
- List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
- List of Ottoman governors of Egypt
References[]
- 1547 deaths
- 16th-century Egyptian people
- 16th-century Hungarian people
- 16th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire
- 16th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt
- Devşirme
- Egyptian pashas
- Grand Viziers of Suleiman the Magnificent
- Ottoman governors of Egypt
- Converts to Islam from Christianity
- Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire
- Turkish people of Hungarian descent
- People of the Ottoman Empire stubs