Suleiman | |
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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 | Divane Hüsrev Pasha |
Succeeded by | Davud Pasha |
In office 1525–1535 | |
Preceded by | Güzelce Kasım Pasha |
Succeeded by | Divane Hüsrev Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1467 |
Died | September 1547 (aged 79–80) Malkara, Sanjak of Vize, 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 of Greek descent. [1] [2] He served as the governor of Ottoman Egypt in 1525–1535 and 1537–1538, and as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1541 and 1544. [3] He was a eunuch.
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. [4] 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. [5]
The fleet was put under the orders of Hadim Suleiman Pasha, the beylerbey of Egypt, a eunuch of Greek origin...
Suleiman Pasha al-Khadim, a eunuch of Greek origin...