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List of Ottoman Grand Viziers

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align="left" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="3" Grand viziers
Grand VizierEntered officeLeft office- bgcolor="#ffffff"Alaeddin Pasha13201331Turkish Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha13311348- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hacı Pasha13481349- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha13491364- bgcolor="#ffffff" Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha13641387Cendere village near Ankara, see; Çandarlı family)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Çandarlı Ali Pasha13871406Çandarlı family)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" İmamzade Halil Pasha14061413Osmancık)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Beyazıd Pasha14131421Amasya)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Çandarlı (1st) İbrahim Pasha 14211439Çandarlı family)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha14291439Osmancık or Amasya)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha14391 June 1453Çandarlı family). First grand vizier who was executed.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Veli Mahmud Pasha (1st time)14531466Greek Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Rum Mehmed Pasha14661469Greek Ottoman, (Rum, Greek)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" İshak Pasha (1st time)14691472- bgcolor="#ffffff" Veli Mahmud Pasha (2nd time)14721474Greek Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Gedik Ahmed Pasha14741477Albanian Ottoman (based on very loose evidence)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Karamanlı Mehmed Pasha14771481Turkish Ottoman (from Karaman)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" İshak Pasha (2nd time)14811482- bgcolor="#ffffff" Davud Pasha14821497Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (1st time)14971498Bosniak Ottoman (from Herzegovina)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Çandarlı (2nd) İbrahim Pasha14981499Turkish Ottoman (Çandarlı family)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Mesih Pasha14991501- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hadim Ali Pasha (1st time)15011503Hadim, a manservant)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (2nd time)15031506Herzegovina)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hadim Ali Pasha (2nd time)15061511Hadim, a manservant)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (3rd time)15111511Herzegovina)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Koca Mustafa Pasha15111512Greek Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (4th time)151228 November 1514Herzegovina)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Dukakinoğlu Ahmed Pasha18 December 15148 September 1515Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Hersekli Ahmed Pasha (5th time)8 September 151526 April 1516Herzegovina)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hadim Sinan Pasha26 April 151622 January 1517Hadim, a manservant)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Yunus Pasha22 January 151713 September 1517Turkish, since a Devşirme.>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Piri Mehmed Pasha25 January 151827 June 1523- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Pargalı İbrahim Pasha, also called Frenk İbrahim Pasha27 June 152314 March 1536Greek Ottoman (from Parga)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Ayas Mehmed Pasha14 March 153613 July 1539Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Çelebi Lütfi Pasha13 July 1539April 1541Albanian Ottoman (from Vlore) (Çelebi, a refined gentleman with good manners)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hadim Süleyman PashaApril 154128 November 1544Hadim, a manservant)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Damat Rüstem Pasha28 November 15446 October 1553Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Kara Ahmed Pasha6 October 155329 September 1555Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Damat Rüstem Pasha29 September 155510 July 1561Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Semiz Ali Pasha10 July 156128 June 1565Albanian Ottoman (Semiz, a fleshy person)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Sokollu Mehmed Pasha28 June 156512 October 1579Sokoloviçi village near Vişegrad in Bosnia. Both Serbian and Bosniak arguments to his claim could be equally justified.>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Semiz Ahmed Pasha12 October 157928 April 1580Albanian Ottoman (Semiz, a fleshy person)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha28 April 15807 August 1580Lala, a tutor to a Sultan)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Koca Sinan Pasha (1st time)7 August 15806 December 1582 Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (1st time)24 December 158225 July 1584Croatian or Hungarian Ottoman (from Kanije)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha28 July 158429 October 1585Circassian Mameluks>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Hadim Mesih Pasha1 November 158514 April 1586Hadim, a manservant)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (2nd time)14 April 15862 April 1589possibly Hungarian Ottoman (from Kanije)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Koca Sinan Pasha (2nd time)14 April 15891 August 1591Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Serdar Ferhad Pasha (1st time)1 August 15914 April 1592Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (3rd time)4 April 159228 January 1593possibly Hungarian Ottoman (from Kanije)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Koca Sinan Pasha (3rd time)28 January 159316 February 1595Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Serdar Ferhad Pasha (2nd time)16 February 15957 July 1595Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Koca Sinan Pasha (4th time)7 July 159519 November 1595Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Lala Mehmed Pasha19 November 159528 November 1595Lala, a tutor to a Sultan)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Koca Sinan Pasha (5th time)1 December 15953 April 1596- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Damat İbrahim Pasha (1st time)4 April 159627 October 1596Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha27 October 15965 December 1596Italian Ottoman. From the noble Genoese family of Cicala.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Damat İbrahim Pasha (2nd time)5 December 15963 November 1597Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hadim Hasan Pasha3 November 15979 April 1598- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Cerrah Mehmed Pasha9 April 15986 January 1599Cerrah, a surgeon)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Damat İbrahim Pasha (3rd time)6 January 159910 July 1601Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Yemişçi Hasan Pasha22 July 16014 October 1603Albanian Ottoman (Yemişçi, a fruit-vendor)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Malkoç Yavuz Ali Pasha16 October 160326 July 1604Malkoçoğlu family>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Lala Mehmed Pasha5 August 160421 June 1606Lala, a tutor to a Sultan)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Dervish Mehmed Pasha the Bosniak21 June 16069 December 1606- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Kuyucu Murad Pasha11 December 16065 August 1611Croatian Ottoman (Kuyucu, the well-digger; name given since he buried opponents in wells)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Gümülcineli Damat Nasuh Pasha5 August 161117 October 1614Albanian Ottoman, from Gümülcine. (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (1st time)17 October 161417 November 1616Turkish Ottoman, (Öküz=oxen, literally Mehmed Pasha the Oxen, name given since he was heavily built)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Damat Halil Pasha (1st time)17 November 161618 January 1619Armenian Ottoman, from Zeytun (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)18 January 161923 December 1619- bgcolor="#ffffff" Güzelce Ali Pasha23 December 16199 March 1621Güzelce=handsome)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha9 March 162117 September 1621Albanian Ottoman, from Ohri>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Dilaver Pasha17 September 162120 May 1622- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Kara Davud Pasha20 May 162213 June 1622- bgcolor="#ffffff" Mere Hüseyin Pasha (1st time)13 June 16228 August 1622Albanian Ottoman (Mere!, "take it!" in Albanian; purportedly the only grand vizier who did not speak Turkish, named after the oft-repeated order he gave on the subject of opponents' heads)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Lefkeli Mehmed Pasha8 August 162221 September 1622Turkish Ottoman, from former Lefke, today Orhaneli)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Gürcü Mehmed Pasha21 September 16225 February 1623Georgian Ottoman (Gürcü, Georgian)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Mere Hüseyin Pasha (2nd time)5 February 162330 August 1623Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha30 August 16233 April 1624Kemankeş=archer)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Çerkes Mehmed Ali Pasha3 April 162428 January 1625Circassian Ottoman (Çerkes, Circassian)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha (1st time)8 February 16251 December 1626Turkish or Pomak (according to Kemal Gözler [1]) Ottoman, although the term Pomak itself probably was not in use at the time. From Filibe.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Damat Halil Pasha (2nd time)1 December 16266 April 1628Armenian Ottoman, from Zeytun (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Gazi Ekrem Hüsrev Pasha6 April 162825 October 1631- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha (2nd time)25 October 163110 February 1632Turkish or Pomak (according to Kemal Gözler [2]) Ottoman, although the term Pomak itself probably was not in use at the time. From Filibe.>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Topal Recep Pasha10 February 163218 May 1632Topal, the lame)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Tabanıyassi Mehmed Pasha18 May 16322 February 1637Albanian Ottoman (from Drama)(Tabanıyassı, the flat-footed)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Bayram Pasha2 February 163726 August 1638- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Tayyar Mehmed Pasha27 August 163823 December 1638- bgcolor="#ffffff" Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha23 December 163831 January 1644Albanian Ottoman (Kemankeş, the archer)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Sultanzade Semiz Mehmed Pasha31 January 164417 December 1645Albanian Ottoman (Sultanzade, son of a female member of the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Başdefterdar Salih Pasha17 December 164516 September 1647Başdefterdar, head bookkeeper)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Kara Musa Pasha16 September 164521 September 1647- bgcolor="#ffffff" Hezarpare Ahmed Pasha21 September 16477 August 1648Greek Ottoman (Hezarpare, thousand pieces; name given since he was lynched by the mob)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Sofu Mehmed Pasha, also called Mevlevi Mehmed Pasha 7 August 164821 May 1649sofu, the devout, see Mevlevi)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Kara Dev Murad Pasha21 May 16495 August 1651Dev, the giant)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Melek Ahmed Pasha5 August 165121 August 1651Melek, the angel)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Siyavuş Pasha (1st time)21 August 165127 September 1651- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Gürcü Mehmed Pasha27 September 165120 June 1652Gürcü, Georgian)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Tarhuncu Ahmed Pasha20 June 165221 March 1653Albanian Ottoman (Tarhuncu, the tarragon vendor)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha21 March 165328 October 1654Circassian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff" İpşiri Mustafa Pasha28 October 165411 May 1655Abaza Ottoman (İpşir, bearer of good news)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Kara Dev Murad Pasha (2nd time)11 May 165519 August 1655Albanian Ottoman (Dev, the giant)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Ermeni Suleyman Pasha19 August 165528 February 1656Ermeni, which means Armenian. From Malatya.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Gazi Deli Hüseyin Pasha28 February 16565 March 1656Deli, the mad)>- bgcolor="#ffffff" Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha (held office for 4 hours)5 March 16565 March 1656 Albanian Ottoman (Zurnazen, clarinetist)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5" Siyavuş Pasha (2nd time)5 March 165625 April 1656- bgcolor="#ffffff" Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha26 April 165615 September 1656 Boynu yaralı, wounded neck)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Köprülü Mehmed Pasha15 September 1656October 31, 1661Albanian Ottoman (see; Köprülü family)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed PashaOctober 31, 1661October 19, 1676Albanian Ottoman (Köprülü family)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa PashaOctober 19, 1676December 25, 1683Merzifon (adopted son in Köprülü family)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kara İbrahim Pasha15 December, 168318 November, 1685- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Sarı Süleyman Pasha18 November, 168518 September, 1687Sarı - blond)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Abaza Siyavuş Pasha18 September, 168723 February, 1688Abaza Ottoman,>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ayaşlı İsmail PashaFebruary 23, 1688May 2, 1688Ayaş)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Bekri Mustafa PashaMay 30, 1688November 7, 1689Tekirdağ.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Köprülü Fazil Mustafa PashaNovember 10, 1689August 19, 1691Köprülü family)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Arabacı Ali PashaAugust 24, 1691March 21, 1692Albanian Ottoman (Arabacı, "coach driver")>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Merfizonlu Hacı Ali PashaMarch 23, 1692March 17, 1693Merzifon.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Bozoklu Mustafa PashaMarch 17, 1693March 1694Bozok, today Yozgat.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Sürmeli Ali PashaMarch 13, 1694April 22, 1695Greek Ottoman (from Dimetoka) (Sürmeli, one who has eyes tinged with kohl)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Elmas Mehmed PashaMay 3, 1695September 11, 1697Elmas, diamond)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin PashaSeptember 17, 1697September 4, 1702Köprülü family.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Daltaban Mustafa PashaSeptember 4, 1702January 24, 1703Daltaban, arch. barefoot)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Rami Mehmed PashaJanuary 25. 1703August 22, 1703- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kavanoz Ahmed PashaAugust 22, 1703November 16, 1703Russian Ottoman (Kavanoz, a jar; named as such because purportedly very short and fat)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Damat Hasan PashaNovember 18, 1703September 28, 1704Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kalaylıkoz Hacı Ahmed PashaOctober, 1704December 25, 1704- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Baltacı Mehmed Pasha (1st time)December 25, 1704May 3, 1706Osmancık.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha May 3, 1706June 15, 1710Çorlu (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Köprülü Numan PashaJune 16, 1710August 17, 1710Köprülü family.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Baltacı Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)August 18, 1710November 20, 1711Osmancık.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ağa Yusuf PashaNovember 20, 1711November 11, 1712- bgcolor="#ffffff"Silahdar Süleyman Pasha November 12, 1712April 6, 1713- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Hoca İbrahim PashaApril 6, 1713April 7, 1713- bgcolor="#ffffff"Silahdar Damat Ali PashaApril 27, 1713August 5, 1716damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Hacı Halil PashaAugust 21, 1716October 1717Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Nişancı Mehmed PashaOctober 1717May 9, 1718- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim PashaMay 9, 1718October 16, 1730Nevşehir. (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Silahdar Damat Mehmed PashaOctober 16, 1730January 23, 1731Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Kabakulak İbrahim PashaJanuary 23, 1731September 11, 1731Kabakulak, someone with mumps)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Topal Osman PashaSeptember 21, 1731March 12, 1732Turkish Ottoman (Topal, lame)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1st time)March 12, 1732July 14, 1735Venitian father, Turkish mother)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Gürcü İsmail PashaJuly 14, 1735December 25, 1735Gürcü, "Georgian")>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed PashaJanuary 10, 1736August 5, 1737- bgcolor="#ffffff"Muhsinzade Abdullah PashaAugust 22, 1737December 19, 1737- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Yeğen Mehmed PashaDecember 3, 1737March 23, 1739Yeğen, nephew -of the Ottoman sultan)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Hacı İvaz Mehmed PashaMarch 17, 1739June 23, 1740Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Nişancı Hacı Ahmed PashaJuly 22, 1740April 7, 1742- bgcolor="#ffffff"Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (2nd time)April 21, 1742October 4, 1742Venitian father, Turkish mother)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Seyyid Hasan PashaOctober 4, 1742August 10, 1746- bgcolor="#ffffff"Tiryaki Hacı Mehmed PashaAugust 11, 1746August 24, 1747Tiryaki=one who has an addiction - to tobacco, opium etc.)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Boynueğri Seyyid Abdullah PashaAugust 24, 1747January 2, 1750Boynueğri, crooked neck)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Divitdar Mehmed PashaJanuary 9, 1750July 1, 1752- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1st time)July 1, 1752February 16, 1755Çorlu (köse=a bowl, one with no beard)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (3rd time)February 16, 1755May 19, 1755Venitian father, Turkish mother)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Naili Abdullah PashaMay 19, 1755August 24, 1755- bgcolor="#ffffff"Nişancı Ali PashaAugust 24, 1755October 23, 1755Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Yirmisekiz Mehmed Said PashaOctober 25, 1755April 1, 1756Yirmisekiz, 28 - see Janissaries)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (2nd time)April 30, 1756December 3, 1756Çorlu>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Koca Mehmed Ragıp PashaJanuary 12,1757April 8, 1763- bgcolor="#ffffff"Tevkii Hamza Hamid PashaApril 11, 1763September 29, 1763- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (3rd time)September 29, 1763March 30, 1765Çorlu>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1st time)March 30, 1765August 7, 1768- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Silahdar Hamza Mahir PashaAugust 7, 1768October 20, 1768- bgcolor="#ffffff"Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin PashaOctober 1768August 12, 1769- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Moldovancı Ali PashaAugust 12, 1769December 12, 1769Daday>- bgcolor="#ffffff"İvazzade Halil PashaDecember 13, 1769December 25, 1770İvaz Mehmed Pasha)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Silahdar Mehmed PashaDecember 25, 1770December 11, 1771- bgcolor="#ffffff"Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)December, 1771August 6, 1773- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"İzzet Mehmed Pasha (1st time)August 11, 1773July 7, 1775Safranbolu.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Moralı Dervish Mehmed PashaJuly 7, 1775January 5, 1777Mora - the Peloponnese)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Darendeli Cebecizade Mehmed PashaJanuary 5, 1777September 1, 1778Darende.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kalafat Mehmed PashaSeptember 1, 1778August 22, 1779Bulgarian Ottoman, from Sofia (Kalafat=caulker). The only illiterate grand vizier.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha or Karavezir Seyyid Mehmed PashaAugust, 1779February 20, 1781Arabsun near Kirşehir>- bgcolor="#ffffff"İzzet Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)February 20, 1781August 25, 1782Safranbolu.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Yeğen Hacı Mehmed PashaAugust 25, 1782December 31, 1782Yeğen=nephew -to the Ottoman sultan).>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Halil Hamid PashaDecember 31, 1782April 30, 1785Isparta. Great-grandfather of Kemal Derviş.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Şahin Ali PashaApril 30, 1785January 25, 1786Georgian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Koca Yusuf Pasha (1st time)January 25, 1786May 28, 1789- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Cenaze Hasan Pasha or Meyyit Hasan Pasha May 28, 1789January 2, 1790Hasan Pasha the Funeral or the Corpse, named as such because he was in his deathbed, seriously ill, all along his office)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Cezayirli Gazi Hasan PashaJanuary 2, 1790March 30, 1790Caucasian/Iranian ethnicities, bought as a slave in childhood in eastern Turkey, raised by Turkish family in Tekirdağ. His name Cezayirli means from Algiers since he had been a corsair there.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Çelebizade Şerif Hasan PashaApril 16, 1790February 12, 1791Rusçuk.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Koca Yusuf Pasha (2nd time)February 12, 17911792- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha1792October 21, 1794Damat=bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"İzzet Mehmed Pasha (3rd time)October 21, 1794October 23, 1798Safranbolu.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1st time)October 23, 1798June 24, 1805kör=blind)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Bostancıbaşı Hafız İsmail PashaSeptember 24, 1805October 13, 1806- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Keçiboynuzu İbrahim Hilmi PashaOctober 13, 1806June 3, 1807Keçiboynuzu=carob fruit, named as such because purportedly an extremely puny person)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Çelebi Mustafa PashaJune 3, 1807July 29, 1808Çelebi=a gentleman with refined manners)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, also called (Bayrakdar Mustafa Pasha)July 29, 1808November 15, 1808Rusçuk. (Alemdar or Bayraktar = standard bearer, same rank with two different names among the Janissaries)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Çavuşbaşı Memiş PashaNovember 16, 1808December, 1808Albanian Ottoman (Çavuşbaşı, head sergent)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Çarhacı Ali PashaDecember, 1808March, 1809Çarhacı=skirmisher)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (2nd time)March, 1809February, 1811- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Laz Ahmed PashaFebruary, 1811July, 1812Laz Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Hurşid Ahmed PashaJuly, 1812March 30, 1815- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1st time)March 30, 1815January 6, 1818- bgcolor="#ffffff"Burdurlu Dervish Mehmed PashaJanuary 6, 1818January 5, 1820Burdur>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Seyyid Ali PashaJanuary 5, 1820April 21, 1821- bgcolor="#ffffff"Benderli Ali PashaApril 30, 1821April 21, 1821Turkish Ottoman, from Bender (Moldavia today). The last grand vizier who was executed upon a clear order by the sultan (due to the Greek War of Independence).>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Hacı Salih PashaApril 30, 1821November 11, 1822- bgcolor="#ffffff"Deli Abdullah PashaNovember 11, 1822March 4, 1823deli=mad, literally Abdullah Pasha the Mad)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Turnacızade Silahdar Ali PashaMarch 4, 1823December, 1823- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Said Galip PashaDecember, 1823September 15, 1824- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Benderli Mehmed Selim Sırrı PashaSeptember 15, 1824October 26, 1828Bender (Moldavia today)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Darendeli Topal İzzet Mehmed Pasha (1st time)October 26, 1828January, 1829Darende.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Reşid Mehmed PashaJanuary, 1829February 17, 1833- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (2nd time)February 17, 1833July 8, 1839- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Koca Mehmed Hüsrev PashaJuly 8, 1839May 29, 1841- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (3rd time)May 29, 1841October 7, 1841- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Darendeli Topal İzzet Mehmed Pasha (2nd time)October 7, 1841September 3, 1842- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (4th time)September 3, 1842July 31, 1846- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1st time)July 31, 1846April 28, 1848- bgcolor="#ffffff"İbrahim Sarim PashaApril 28, 1848August 13, 1848- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (2nd time)August 13, 1848January 27, 1852- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (5th time)January 27, 1852March 7, 1852- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Koca Mustafa Reşit Pasha (3rd time)March 7, 1852August 7, 1852- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1st time)August 7, 1852October 4, 1852- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Damat Mehmed Ali PashaOctober 4, 1852May 14, 1853Hamsheni Ottoman (Damat=Bridegroom to the Ottoman Dynasty).>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (1st time)May 14, 1853May 30, 1854Albanian Ottoman, , from Egypt, called Giritli=Cretan because served as governor in that island for a long time>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1st time)May 30, 1854November 24, 1854Cyprus>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (4th time)November 24, 1854May 4, 1855- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (2nd time)May 4, 1855December 1, 1856- bgcolor="#ffffff"Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (5th time)December 1, 1856August 2, 1857- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (2nd time)August 2, 1857October 23, 1857Albanian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (6th time)October 23, 1857January 7, 1858- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (3rd time)January 11, 1858October 8, 1859- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (2nd time)October 8, 1859December 24, 1859- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (1st time)December 24, 1859May 27, 1860Mütercim=a translator, an interpreter)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (3rd time)27 May, 18606 August, 1861- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (4th time)6 August, 186122 November, 1861- bgcolor="#ffffff"Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1st time)22 November, 18616 January, 1863- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Yusuf Kamil Pasha6 January, 18633 June, 1863- bgcolor="#ffffff"Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha (2nd time)3 June, 18635 June, 1866- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (2nd time)June 5, 1866February 11, 1867- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (5th time)11 February, 18677 September, 1871- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1st time)September, 187131 July, 1872Nedimoff due to his Russophile policies>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mithat Pasha (1st time)31 July, 187219 October, 1872Rusçuk, born in İstanbul.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (3rd time)Oct, 1872February, 1873- bgcolor="#ffffff"Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha (1st time)15 February, 1873May, 1873Sakız/Chios>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi PashaMay, 187314 February, 1874Kurdish Ottoman, from Şirvan.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Hüseyin Avni Pasha14 February, 187425 April, 1875- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha (2nd time)April, 1875August, 1875- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mahmud Nedim Pasha (2nd time)August 21, 1875April 13, 1876- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (4th time)April, 187619 December, 1876- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mithat Pasha (2nd time)19 December, 18765 February, 1877Taif-, Sultan Abdulhamid II's implication remains discutable)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"İbrahim Edhem Pasha5 February, 187711 January, 1878Turkified Greek Ottoman, from Chios/Sakız; sold as a slave in childhood to -later- Grand Vizier Koca Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha during the 1822 events in that island)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Ahmed Hamdi Pasha11 January, 18784 February, 1878- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ahmed Vefik Pasha4 February, 187818 April, 1878İstanbul.>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Sadık Pasha18 April, 1878May, 1878- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (5th time)May, 1878June, 1878- bgcolor="#ffffff"Mehmed Esad Saffet PashaMay, 1878October, 1878- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Tunuslu Hayreddin PashaOctober, 187828 July, 1879Tunisian Ottoman>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Ahmed Arifi Pasha28 July, 1879September, 1879- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (1st time)18 October, 18799 June, 1880küçük=small, literally Mehmed Pasha the Small, at 1m47, the shortest grand vizier)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Cenani Mehmed Kadri Pasha 9 June, 188012 September, 1880Antep>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (2nd time)12 September, 18802 May, 1882- bgcolor="#ffffff"Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha 2 May, 188212 July, 1882Kütahya (Germiyan family)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (3rd time)12 July, 188230 November, 1882- bgcolor="#ffffff"Ahmed Vefik Pasha (2nd time)1 December, 18823 December, 1882- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (4th time)3 December, 188224 September, 1885- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (1st time)September, 1885September, 1891Cyprus.>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ahmed Cevat Şakir PashaSeptember, 1891June, 1895Kabaağaç in Afyonkarahisar (The family of Şakirpaşalar)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (5th time)9 June, 18953 October, 1895- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (2nd time)October, 1895November, 1895- bgcolor="#ffffff"Halil Rıfat PashaNovember, 18959 November, 1901- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (6th time)13 November, 190115 January, 1903- bgcolor="#ffffff"Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha15 January, 1903July, 1908Avlonya/Vlore>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (6th time)22 July, 19086 August, 1908- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (3rd time)August, 1908February, 1909- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (1st time)31 March, 1909May, 1909- bgcolor="#ffffff"Hüseyin Hilmi PashaMay, 1909January, 1910- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"İbrahim Hakkı Pasha12 January, 191029 September, 1911- bgcolor="#ffffff"Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (7th time)4 October, 191117 July, 1912- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha22 July, 191229 October, 1912- bgcolor="#ffffff"Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha (4th time)October, 191223 January, 1913- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mahmud Şevket Pasha23 January, 1913June 11, 1913- bgcolor="#ffffff"Said Halim Pasha12 June, 19133 February, 1917Egyptian Ottoman of pure Albanian origins>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Mehmed Talat Pasha4 February, 19178 October, 1918- bgcolor="#ffffff"Ahmed İzzet Pasha14 October, 19188 November, 1918- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (2nd time)11 November, 191810 March, 1919- bgcolor="#ffffff"Damat Ferid Pasha (1st time)10 March, 19194 October, 1919Montenegrin Ottoman with family origins in the village of Potoci, near Pljevlja (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Ali Rıza Pasha6 October, 19192 March, 1920- bgcolor="#ffffff"Salih Pasha8 March, 19202 April, 1920- bgcolor="#e5e5e5"Damat Ferid Pasha (2nd time)5 April, 192018 October, 1920Potoci, near Pljevlja (Damat'', bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty)>- bgcolor="#ffffff"Ahmed Tevfik Pasha (3rd time)21 October, 192017 November, 1922}



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