Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Müezzinzade Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha (born 1564 in Filibe in Ottoman Empire, today Plovdiv in Bulgaria; died 1632 in Istanbul) was an Ottoman Grand Vizier. Born as son of a Pomak Muezzin, he went to Istanbul in the age of 15 and was an employee in the Sultan´s palace for many years. From 1609 on he became Governor of Damascus (Syria), Van, Erzurum, Baghdad (Iraq) and other Anatolian vilayets.

Twice he was Grand Vizier:

  • 1. rule: 28th of January 1625 - 1st of December 1626
  • 2. rule: 25th of October 1631 - 10th of February 1632

Filibeli died during a revolt, when the Janissaries attempted to overthrow Sultan Murat IV.

 This Ottoman Empire-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../f/i/l/Filibeli_Haf%C4%B1z_Ahmed_Pasha_0220.html"
In other languages