Name |
Took office |
Left office |
Background notes |
1. Alaeddin Pasha |
1320 |
1331 |
Turk, probably from Cendere, Nallıhan. |
2. Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha |
1331 |
1348 |
Turk |
3. Hacı Pasha |
1348 |
1349 |
Turk |
4. Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha |
1349 |
1364 |
Turk, Ahi. |
5. Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha (Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder) |
1364 |
22 January 1387 |
Turk, from Cendere (or Çandar), a village near Ankara; see Çandarlı family. The first vizier to hold the title "grand vizier" and also the first with a military background. |
6. Çandarlı Ali Pasha |
1387 |
1406 |
Turk[6] (Çandarlı family) |
7. "Osmancıklı" Imamzade Halil Pasha |
1406 |
1413 |
Turk,[6] from Osmancık |
8. Amasyalı Bayezid Pasha |
1413 |
1421 |
Turk,[6] of Albanian origin, from Amasya. |
9. Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Elder |
1421 |
1429 |
Turk[6] (Çandarlı family) |
10. Amasyalı Hazır Dânişmendoğlu Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha |
1429 |
1439 |
Turk,[6] from Osmancık or Amasya |
11. Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger |
1439 |
1 June 1453 |
Turk[8] (Çandarlı family). First grand vizier who was executed. |
12. Zaganos Pasha |
1453 |
1456 |
Devşirme. Albanian, Greek or Serb. |
13. Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1st time) |
1456 |
1468 |
Devşirme. Greek[8] or Serb[8] |
14. Rum Mehmed Pasha |
1468 |
1469 |
Greek[8] |
15. İshak Pasha (1st time) |
1469 |
1472 |
Albanian,[9] |
16. Mahmud Pasha Angelović (2nd time) |
1472 |
1474 |
Devşirme. Greek[8] or Serb[8] |
17. Gedik Ahmed Pasha |
1474 |
1477 |
Albanian[10] or Greek[10] or Serb.[11] |
18. Karamanlı Mehmed Pasha |
1477 |
1481 |
Turk,[10] from Karaman |
19. İshak Pasha (2nd time) |
1481 |
1482 |
Albanian.[9] |
20. Koca Davud Pasha |
1482 |
1497 |
Albanian[10] |
21. Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1st time) |
1497 |
1498 |
Devşirme. From Herzegovina[10] (Kosača family) |
22. Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Younger |
1498 |
1499 |
Turk[12] (Çandarlı family) |
23. Mesih Pasha |
1499 |
1501 |
Abducted during Fall of Constantinople. Nephew of Constantine XI Palaiologos.[13] |
24. Hadim Ali Pasha (1st time) |
1501 |
1503 |
From Drozgometva in Bosnia (Hadim = Manservant), from a minor noble family called Ostoja. |
25. Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (2nd time) |
1503 |
1506 |
Devşirme. From Herzegovina[10] (Kosača family) |
26. Hadim Ali Pasha (2nd time) |
1506 |
1511 |
From Drozgometva in Bosnia (Hadim = Manservant), from a minor noble family called Ostoja. |
27. Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (3rd time) |
1511 |
1511 |
Devşirme. From Herzegovina[10] (Kosača family) |
28. Koca Mustafa Pasha |
1511 |
1512 |
Greek (Rum), and not a devşirme.[14][15] Possibly "Western" (Frenk)[15] |
29. Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (4th time) |
1512 |
28 November 1514 |
Devşirme. From Herzegovina[10] (Kosača family) |
30. Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha |
18 December 1514 |
8 September 1515 |
Albanian.[16] (Dukagjin family) |
31. Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (5th time) |
8 September 1515 |
26 April 1516 |
Devşirme. From Herzegovina[10] (Kosača family) |
32. Hadım Sinan Pasha |
26 April 1516 |
22 January 1517 |
Devşirme,[17] from the noble Boronivic family (Hadim = Manservant) |
33. Yunus Pasha |
22 January 1517 |
13 September 1517 |
Devşirme,[17] Greek, Pomak, Serb, or Croat origin.[18] |
34. Piri Mehmed Pasha |
25 January 1518 |
27 June 1523 |
Turk,[17] from Aksaray |
35. Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, also called Frenk Ibrahim Pasha |
27 June 1523 |
14 March 1536 |
Greek from Parga (The nickname Frenk refers to his European manners and tastes) |
36. Ayas Mehmed Pasha |
14 March 1536 |
13 July 1539 |
Devşirme. Albanian[19] from Vlora or Delvina |
37. Çelebi Lütfi Pasha |
13 July 1539 |
April 1541 |
Devşirme. Albanian,[20] from Avlonya (Vlorë) (Çelebi = a refined gentleman with good manners) |
38. Hadim Süleyman Pasha |
April 1541 |
28 November 1544 |
Devşirme.[20] Hungarian eunuch.[21] (Hadim = Manservant) |
39. Kehle-i-ikbâl Damat Rüstem Pasha (1st time) |
28 November 1544 |
6 October 1553 |
Devşirme. Croat[20] from Skradin (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
40. Kara Ahmed Pasha |
6 October 1553 |
29 September 1555 |
Albanian[22] |
41. Kehle-i-ikbâl Damat Rüstem Pasha (2nd time) |
29 September 1555 |
10 July 1561 |
Devşirme. Croat[20] from Skradin (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
42. Semiz Ali Pasha |
10 July 1561 |
28 June 1565 |
From Bosnia[22] |
43. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha |
28 June 1565 |
12 October 1579 |
Devşirme. Serb from Bosnia[23][24][25] (Sokolović family) |
44. Şemsi Pasha |
12 October 1579 |
28 April 1580 |
Paternal Albanian[26] and maternal Ottoman,[27] including distant Arabic ancestry.[28] |
45.Vekîl-i Saltanat Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha |
28 April 1580 |
7 August 1580 |
From Bosnia. (Lala = a tutor to a Sultan) |
46. Koca Sinan Pasha (1st time) |
7 August 1580 |
6 December 1582 |
Albanian[29] |
47. Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (1st time) |
24 December 1582 |
25 July 1584 |
Hungarian[29] from Nagykanizsa |
48. Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha |
28 July 1584 |
29 October 1585 |
Turk[30] or Circassian[30] Mameluks |
49. Hadim Mesih Pasha |
1 November 1585 |
14 April 1586 |
Devşirme[30] unknown origin (Hadim = Manservant) |
50. Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (2nd time) |
14 April 1586 |
2 April 1589 |
Hungarian[29] from Nagykanizsa |
49. Koca Sinan Pasha (2nd time) |
14 April 1589 |
1 August 1591 |
Albanian[31] |
50. Serdar Ferhad Pasha (1st time) |
1 August 1591 |
4 April 1592 |
Albanian[31] |
51. Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (3rd time) |
4 April 1592 |
28 January 1593 |
Hungarian[29] from Nagykanizsa |
52. Koca Sinan Pasha (3rd time) |
28 January 1593 |
16 February 1595 |
Albanian[32] |
53. Serdar Ferhad Pasha (2nd time) |
16 February 1595 |
7 July 1595 |
Albanian[32] |
54. Koca Sinan Pasha (4th time) |
7 July 1595 |
19 November 1595 |
Albanian[32] |
55. Tekeli Lala Mehmed Pasha |
19 November 1595 |
28 November 1595 |
Turk,[26] from Manisa (Lala = Tutor to a Sultan) |
56. Koca Sinan Pasha (5th time) |
1 December 1595 |
3 April 1596 |
Albanian[26] |
57. Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1st time) |
4 April 1596 |
27 October 1596 |
From Bosnia.[33] (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
58. (Cağaloğlu/Cağalazâde) Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha |
27 October 1596 |
5 December 1596 |
Italian.[34] From the noble Genoese family of Cicala. |
59. Damat Ibrahim Pasha (2nd time) |
5 December 1596 |
3 November 1597 |
From Bosnia.[34] (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
60. Hadim Hasan Pasha |
3 November 1597 |
9 April 1598 |
Devşirme[34] of Albanian origin. |
61. Cerrah Mehmed Pasha |
9 April 1598 |
6 January 1599 |
Devşirme, of unknown origin.[35] (Cerrah = Surgeon) |
62. Damat Ibrahim Pasha (3rd time) |
6 January 1599 |
10 July 1601 |
From Bosnia.[35] (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
63. Yemişçi Hasan Pasha |
22 July 1601 |
4 October 1603 |
Albanian[35] (Yemişçi = Fruit-vendor; in reference to his previous profession) |
63. Yavuz Ali Pasha |
16 October 1603 |
26 July 1604 |
From Bosnia.[36] (Malkoçoğlu family) |
64. Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha |
5 August 1604 |
21 June 1606 |
Serb [36] (Lala = Tutor to a Sultan). Sokollu Mehmed Pasha's nephew. |
66. Dervish Mehmed Pasha |
21 June 1606 |
9 December 1606 |
From Bosnia.[36] |
67. Kuyucu Murad Pasha |
11 December 1606 |
5 August 1611 |
From Bosnia.[37] (Kuyucu = The well-digger; name given since he had the habit of burying his enemies in wells) |
68. Gümülcineli Damat Nasuh Pasha |
5 August 1611 |
17 October 1614 |
Albanian,[37] from Gümülcine. (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty). One of the seven husbands of Ahmed I's daughter Ayşe Sultan. |
69. Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (1st time) |
17 October 1614 |
17 November 1616 |
Turk,[37] from Istanbul (Öküz = Oxen; literally Mehmed Pasha the Oxen; name given since he was heavily built) |
70. Damat Halil Pasha (1st time) |
17 November 1616 |
18 January 1619 |
Armenian,[38] from Zeytun (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
71. Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (2nd time) |
18 January 1619 |
23 December 1619 |
Turk,[38] from Istanbul |
72. Güzelce Ali Pasha |
23 December 1619 |
9 March 1621 |
(?)[38] (Güzelce = Handsome) |
73. Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha |
9 March 1621 |
17 September 1621 |
Albanian,[39] from Ohri |
74. Dilaver Pasha |
17 September 1621 |
20 May 1622 |
From Bosnia.[39] |
75. Kara Davud Pasha |
20 May 1622 |
13 June 1622 |
From Bosnia.[39] |
76. Mere Hüseyin Pasha (1st time) |
13 June 1622 |
8 July 1622 |
Albanian[39] ("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) |
77. Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha |
8 July 1622 |
21 September 1622 |
Turk,[40] from former Lefke, today Orhaneli |
78. Hadim Mehmed Pasha (Hadım -'Eunuch'- Mehmed Pasha) |
21 September 1622 |
5 February 1623 |
Georgian[40] (Gürcü = Georgian) |
79. Mere Hüseyin Pasha (2nd time) |
5 February 1623 |
30 August 1623 |
Albanian[40] |
80. Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha |
30 August 1623 |
3 April 1624 |
Turk[40] (Kemankeş = Archer) |
81. Çerkes Mehmed Pasha |
3 April 1624 |
28 January 1625 |
Circassian[41] (Çerkes = Circassian) |
82. Hafız Ahmed Pasha (1st time) |
8 February 1625 |
1 December 1626 |
Pomak,[41] from Filibe. One of the seven husbands of Ahmed I's daughter Ayşe Sultan. |
83. Damat Halil Pasha (2nd time) |
1 December 1626 |
6 April 1628 |
Armenian,[41] from Zeytun (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
84. Gazi Ekrem Hüsrev Pasha |
6 April 1628 |
25 October 1631 |
From Bosnia.[42] |
85. Hafız Ahmed Pasha (2nd time) |
25 October 1631 |
10 February 1632 |
Pomak[42] from Filibe. |
86. Topal Recep Pasha |
10 February 1632 |
18 May 1632 |
From Bosnia.[42] (Topal = Lame) |
87. Tabanıyassi Mehmed Pasha |
18 May 1632 |
2 February 1637 |
Albanian[42] (from Drama)(Tabanıyassı = Flat-footed) |
67. Bayram Pasha |
2 February 1637 |
26 August 1638 |
Turk,[43] from Istanbul |
68. Tayyar Mehmed Pasha |
27 August 1638 |
24 December 1638 |
Turk[43] |
90. Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha |
23 December 1638 |
31 January 1644 |
Albanian[44] (Kemankeş = Archer) |
91. Sultanzade Mehmet Pasha (Civan Kapucubaşı Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha) |
31 January 1644 |
17 December 1645 |
Albanian[44] (Sultanzade = Son of a female member of the Ottoman dynasty) |
92. Nevesinli Salih Pasha |
17 December 1645 |
16 September 1647 |
From Nevesinje in the Sanjak of Herzegovina, Bosnia Eyalet.[46] |
93. Kara Musa Pasha |
16 September 1647 |
21 September 1647 |
Unknown origin.[46] Not included in some lists. Died after appointment, before receiving the seal. |
94. Hezarpare Ahmet Pasha |
21 September 1647 |
8 August 1648 |
Greek (?),[46] from Istanbul. Promoted from in-attorney title to the rank of full grand vizier upon Kara Musa Pasha's death. (Hezarpare = Thousand pieces; literally Ahmed Pasha the Thousand Pieces; name given by chroniclers since he was lynched by the mob) |
95. Sofu Mehmed Pasha (or Mevlevi Mehmed Pasha) |
8 August 1648 |
21 May 1649 |
(?)[47] (Sofu = Devout and see Mevlevi) |
96. Kara Murat Pasha (Kara Dev Murat Pasha) |
21 May 1649 |
5 August 1651 |
Albanian[47] (Dev = Giant) |
97. Melek Ahmed Pasha |
5 August 1651 |
21 August 1651 |
Abazin[47] (Melek = Angel) |
98. Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I (1st time) |
21 August 1651 |
27 September 1651 |
Abazin[48] |
99. Gürcü Mehmed Pasha |
27 September 1651 |
20 June 1652 |
Georgian[48] (Gürcü - Georgian) |
100. Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha |
20 June 1652 |
21 March 1653 |
Albanian[48] (Tarhoncu, more seldom transcribed as Tarhoncu = 'Tarragon vendor'; in reference to his former profession) |
101. Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha |
21 March 1653 |
28 October 1654 |
Circassian[48] |
102. İpşiri Mustafa Pasha |
28 October 1654 |
11 May 1655 |
Abazin.[49] One of the seven husbands of Ahmed I's daughter Ayşe Sultan. (İpşiri means "Bearer of good news") |
103. Kara Murat Pasha (2nd time) |
11 May 1655 |
19 August 1655 |
Albanian[49] |
104. Ermeni Suleyman Pasha |
19 August 1655 |
28 February 1656 |
Armenian,[49] from Malatya. (Ermeni means "Armenian") |
105. Deli Gazi Hüseyin Pasha, also called Deli Hüseyin Pasha |
28 February 1656 |
5 March 1656 |
Turk,[50] from Yenişehir. Not included in some lists. The imperial seal was sent to him by way of sea to Crete where he was in campaign, but the ships were called back because of Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha's lobbying, who had been appointed in-attorney in between but wanted the full title for him. (Deli = Mad; due to his daring and courage in the battlefield) |
106. Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha (held office for 4 hours) |
5 March 1656 |
5 March 1656 |
Albanian[50] (Zurnazen = Clarinettist). Not included in some lists. Promoted from in-attorney title to the rank of full grand vizier due to the influence he exerted on the sultan for Gazi Hüseyin Pasha's dismissal from the office. His appointment caused an uprising in Istanbul and he was exiled after having held the seal for four hours. |
107. Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I (2nd time) |
5 March 1656 |
25 April 1656 |
Abazin[50] |
108. Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha |
26 April 1656 |
15 September 1656 |
Turk,[51] from Samsun. (boynu yaralı means "wounded neck") |
109. Köprülü Mehmed Pasha |
15 September 1656 |
31 October 1661 |
Devşirme. Albanian, from Rudnik in the Sanjak of Berat (now Albania).[52] (see Köprülü family) |
110. Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha |
31 October 1661 |
19 October 1676 |
Albanian[51] (see Köprülü family) |
111. Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha |
19 October 1676 |
25 December 1683 |
From Merzifon (adopted into the Köprülü family)[53] |
112. Kara İbrahim Pasha |
15 December 1683 |
18 November 1685 |
Turk[54] |
113. Sarı Süleyman Pasha |
18 November 1685 |
18 September 1687 |
Bosniak[55] (Sarı = Blond) |
114. Abaza Siyavuş Pasha |
18 September 1687 |
23 February 1688 |
Abazin[55] |
115. Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha |
23 February 1688 |
2 May 1688 |
Turk[56] from Ayaş) |
116. Bekri Mustafa Pasha |
30 May 1688 |
7 November 1689 |
Turk,[56] from Tekirdağ. |
117. Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha |
10 November 1689 |
19 August 1691 |
Albanian[56] (Köprülü family) |
118. Arabacı Ali Pasha |
24 August 1691 |
21 March 1692 |
Albanian[57] (Arabacı = Coachman; in reference to his background) |
119. Merfizonlu Hacı Ali Pasha |
23 March 1692 |
17 March 1693 |
Turk,[57] from Merzifon. |
120. Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha |
17 March 1693 |
March 1694 |
Turk,[58] from Bozok (Yozgat today). |
121. Sürmeli Ali Pasha |
13 March 1694 |
22 April 1695 |
(?)[58] Greek (from Dimetoka) (Sürmeli = One who has eyes tinged with kohl) |
122. Elmas Mehmed Pasha |
3 May 1695 |
11 September 1697 |
Turk[59] (Elmas = Diamond) |
123. Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha |
17 September 1697 |
4 September 1702 |
Albanian[59] (Köprülü family). |
124. Daltaban Mustafa Pasha |
4 September 1702 |
24 January 1703 |
Bosniak[60] according to Joseph von Hammer, from Manastır (Daltaban = Barefoot) |
125. Rami Mehmed Pasha |
25 January 1703 |
22 August 1703 |
Turk (?),[60] from Istanbul |
126. Kavanoz Ahmed Pasha |
22 August 1703 |
16 November 1703 |
Russian[61] (Kavanoz = A jar; named as such because purportedly very short and fat) |
127. Damat Hasan Pasha |
18 November 1703 |
28 September 1704 |
Greek[61][62][63] Ottoman, from Morea, Greece (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
128. Kalaylıkoz Hacı Ahmed Pasha |
October 1704 |
25 December 1704 |
Turk[61] (Kalaylıkoz = Varnished; a reference on his fondness for make-up, ornaments and dresses) |
129. Teberdar/Baltaci Mehmed Pasha (1st time) |
25 December 1704 |
3 May 1706 |
Turk,[64] from Osmancık. |
130. Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha |
3 May 1706 |
15 June 1710 |
Turk (?),[64] from Çorlu (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
131. Köprülü Numan Pasha |
16 June 1710 |
17 August 1710 |
Albanian[64] (Köprülü family). |
132. Baltaci Mehmed Pasha (2nd time) |
18 August 1710 |
20 November 1711 |
Turk,[64] from Osmancık. |
133. Ağa Yusuf Pasha |
20 November 1711 |
11 November 1712 |
Georgian[65] |
134. Silahdar Süleyman Pasha |
12 November 1712 |
6 April 1713 |
Abazin[65] |
135. Hoca Ibrahim Pasha |
6 April 1713 |
7 April 1713 |
Turk,[65] from Serez (Serres) |
136. Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha |
27 April 1713 |
5 August 1716 |
Turk[66] from İznik (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
137. Hacı Halil Pasha |
21 August 1716 |
October 1717 |
Albanian[66] |
138. Nişancı Mehmed Pasha |
October 1717 |
9 May 1718 |
Turk (?),[66] from Kayseri |
139. Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha |
9 May 1718 |
16 October 1730 |
Turk,[66] from Nevşehir. (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
140. Silahdar Damat Mehmed Pasha |
16 October 1730 |
23 January 1731 |
Turk (?),[67] from Istanbul (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
141. Kabakulak Ibrahim Pasha |
23 January 1731 |
11 September 1731 |
Turk,[67] from Şebinkarahisar (Kabakulak = Someone with mumps) |
142. Topal Osman Pasha |
21 September 1731 |
12 March 1732 |
Turk[68] (Topal = Lame) |
143. Hekimbaşızâde/Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1st time) |
12 March 1732 |
14 July 1735 |
Italian[68] (son of Venetian convert Hekimbaşı Nuh Efendi) |
144. Gürcü İsmail Pasha |
14 July 1735 |
25 December 1735 |
Georgian[68] (Gürcü = Georgian) |
145. Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha |
10 January 1736 |
5 August 1737 |
Turk (?),[69] from Dimetoka |
146. Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha |
22 August 1737 |
19 December 1737 |
Possibly Arab,[69] from Aleppo. |
147. Yeğen Mehmed Pasha |
3 December 1737 |
23 March 1739 |
Turk[69] (Yeğen = Nephew, of the Sultan in his case) |
148. İvaz Mehmed Pasha |
17 March 1739 |
23 June 1740 |
Albanian[70] |
149. Nişancı Hacı Ahmed Pasha |
22 July 1740 |
7 April 1742 |
Turk,[70] from Alanya |
150. Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (2nd time) |
21 April 1742 |
4 October 1742 |
Italian[70] (son of Venetian convert Hekimbaşı Nuh Efendi) |
151. Seyyid Hasan Pasha |
4 October 1742 |
10 August 1746 |
Arab (?),[71] or Turk,[70] from Karahisar (Şebinkarahisar today) |
152. Tiryaki Hacı Mehmed Pasha |
11 August 1746 |
24 August 1747 |
Unknown origin.[71] (Tiryaki means "someone who has an addiction, to tobacco, opium, alcohol etc.") |
153. Seyyid Abdullah Pasha |
24 August 1747 |
2 January 1750 |
Arab (?),[71] or Turk,[70] from Kerkük |
154. Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha |
9 January 1750 |
1 July 1752 |
(?),[71] from Istanbul |
155. Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1st time) |
1 July 1752 |
16 February 1755 |
Turk (?),[71] from Çorlu (köse means "a bowl, beardless") |
156. Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (3rd time) |
16 February 1755 |
19 May 1755 |
From Istanbul, Venetian convert father and Turk mother. |
157. Naili Abdullah Pasha |
19 May 1755 |
24 August 1755 |
Turk,[72] from Istanbul |
158. Silahdar Bıyıklı Ali Pasha, aka Nişancı Ali Pasha |
24 August 1755 |
23 October 1755 |
Turk (?)[72] |
159. Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha |
25 October 1755 |
1 April 1756 |
Georgian,[72] from Edirne (Yirmisekiz means "twenty-eight"; named as such after his father who had served in the 28th Janissary corps battalion) |
160. Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (2nd time) |
30 April 1756 |
3 December 1756 |
Turk,[73] from Çorlu (köse means "a bowl, beardless") |
161. Koca Ragıp Pasha |
12 January 1757 |
8 April 1763 |
Turk,[73] from Istanbul |
162. Tevkii Hamza Hamid Pasha |
11 April 1763 |
29 September 1763 |
Turk,[74] from Develi |
163. Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (3rd time) |
29 September 1763 |
30 March 1765 |
Turk (?),[74] from Çorlu |
164. Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1st time) |
30 March 1765 |
7 August 1768 |
Arab (?),[74] son of Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha |
165. Silahdar Hamza Mahir Pasha |
7 August 1768 |
20 October 1768 |
Turk,[74] from Develi |
166. Yağlıkçızade Mehmed Emin Pasha |
October 1768 |
12 August 1769 |
Turk,[75] from Istanbul |
167. Moldovancı Ali Pasha |
12 August 1769 |
12 December 1769 |
Turk,[75] from Daday |
168. Ivazzade Halil Pasha |
13 December 1769 |
25 December 1770 |
Son of İvaz Mehmed Pasha, grandson of Nasrullah from Jagodina (in Serbia).[76] |
169. Silahdar Mehmed Pasha |
25 December 1770 |
11 December 1771 |
Turk (?),[77] from Istanbul |
170. Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (2nd time) |
December 1771 |
6 August 1774 |
(Arap ?)[77] |
171. Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1st time) |
11 August 1774 |
7 July 1775 |
[78] |
172. Moralı Dervish Mehmed Pasha |
7 July 1775 |
5 January 1777 |
Turk[77] (Mora = "Morea") |
173. Darendeli Cebecizade Mehmed Pasha |
5 January 1777 |
1 September 1778 |
Turk,[79] from Darende. |
174. Kalafat Mehmed Pasha |
1 September 1778 |
22 August 1779 |
Bulgarian,[79] from Sofia (Kalafat = Caulker). |
175. Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha |
August 1779 |
20 February 1781 |
Turk,[79] from Arabsun near Kırşehir |
176. Izzet Mehmed Pasha (2nd time) |
20 February 1781 |
25 August 1782 |
[78] |
177. Yeğen Hacı Mehmed Pasha |
25 August 1782 |
31 December 1782 |
Turk[80] (Yeğen = Nephew, to the Ottoman sultan in his case). |
178. Halil Hamid Pasha |
31 December 1782 |
30 April 1785 |
Turk,[80] from Isparta. Great-grandfather of Kemal Derviş, current administrator of the UNDP. |
179. Şahin Ali Pasha |
30 April 1785 |
25 January 1786 |
Georgian[80] |
180. Koca Yusuf Pasha (1st time) |
25 January 1786 |
28 May 1789 |
Georgian[80] |
181. Cenaze Hasan Pasha or Meyyit Hasan Pasha |
28 May 1789 |
2 January 1790 |
Circassian[81] ("Cenaze" or "Meyyit" = A funeral, a corpse; literally "Hasan Pasha the Funeral" or "Hasan Pasha the Corpse"; named as such because he was in his deathbed, seriously ill, throughout his term) |
182. Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha |
2 January 1790 |
30 March 1790 |
Unknown origin.[81] (Cezayirli means "from Algiers" since he had been a corsair there). |
183. Çelebizade Şerif Hasan Pasha |
16 April 1790 |
12 February 1791 |
(?),[81] from Rusçuk. |
184. Koca Yusuf Pasha (2nd time) |
12 February 1791 |
1792 |
Georgian[82] |
185. Damat Melek Mehmed Pasha |
1792 |
21 October 1794 |
Serb[82] (Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
186. Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha |
21 October 1794 |
23 October 1798 |
Turk,[82] from Safranbolu.[83] |
187. Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1st time) |
23 October 1798 |
24 June 1805 |
Georgian[84] (Kör = Blind) |
188. Bostancıbaşı Hafız İsmail Pasha |
24 September 1805 |
13 October 1806 |
(?)[84] |
189. Keçiboynuzu İbrahim Hilmi Pasha |
13 October 1806 |
3 June 1807 |
Turk (?)[84] (Keçiboynuzu = Carob fruit, named as such because purportedly an extremely puny person) |
190. Çelebi Mustafa Pasha |
3 June 1807 |
29 July 1808 |
Unknown[85] (Çelebi = A refined gentleman with good manners) |
191. Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, also called (Bayrakdar Mustafa Pasha) |
29 July 1808 |
15 November 1808 |
Albanian (?),[85] from Rusçuk. (Alemdar or Bayraktar = standard bearer, same rank with two different names among the Janissaries) |
192. Çavuşbaşı Memiş Pasha |
16 November 1808 |
December 1808 |
Albanian[85] (Çavuşbaşı = Head sergeant) |
Çarhacı Ali Pasha |
December 1808 |
March 1809 |
Turk (Çarhacı = Skirmisher) |
193. Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (2nd time) |
March 1809 |
February 1811 |
Georgian[86] |
194. Laz Ahmed Pasha |
February 1811 |
July 1812 |
Turk (?),[86] Laz |
195. Hurşit Ahmed Pasha |
July 1812 |
30 March 1815 |
Georgian,[86] the only grand vizier who committed suicide (while in office) |
196. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1st time) |
30 March 1815 |
6 January 1818 |
Turk[86] |
197. Burdurlu Dervish Mehmed Pasha |
6 January 1818 |
5 January 1820 |
(?),[87] from Burdur |
198. Seyyid Ali Pasha |
5 January 1820 |
21 April 1821 |
Turk[87] |
199. Benderli Ali Pasha |
21 April 1821 |
30 April 1821 |
(?),[87] from Bender (Moldavia today). The last grand vizier who was executed upon an order clearly given by the sultan (because of the Greek War of Independence). |
200. Izmirli Hacı Salih Pasha |
30 April 1821 |
11 November 1822 |
Donmeh (?)[87] |
201. Bostancıbaşı Deli Abdullah Pasha |
11 November 1822 |
4 March 1823 |
Turk[88] (Deli = Mad, literally Abdullah Pasha the Mad) |
202. Turnacızade Silahdar Ali Pasha |
4 March 1823 |
13 December 1823 |
(?)[88] |
203. Mehmed Said Galip Pasha |
13 December 1823 |
15 September 1824 |
Turk[88] |
204. "Benderli" Mehmed Selim Pasha |
15 September 1824 |
26 October 1828 |
(?),[88] from Bender (Moldavia today) |
205. Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1st time) |
26 October 1828 |
28 January 1829 |
Turk,[89] from Darende. |
206. Reşid Mehmed Pasha |
January 1829 |
17 February 1833 |
Georgian or Greek[89] |
207. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (2nd time) |
17 February 1833 |
8 July 1839 |
Turk[89] |
208. Husrev Pasha |
8 July 1839 |
29 May 1841 |
Abazin[90] |
209. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (3rd time) |
29 May 1841 |
7 October 1841 |
Turk[90] |
210. Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha (2nd time) |
7 October 1841 |
3 September 1842 |
Turk[91] from Darende |
211. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (4th time) |
3 September 1842 |
31 July 1846 |
Turk[91] |
212. Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1st time) |
31 July 1846 |
28 April 1848 |
Turk[91] |
213. İbrahim Sarim Pasha |
28 April 1848 |
13 August 1848 |
Turk[92] |
214. Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (2nd time) |
13 August 1848 |
27 January 1852 |
Turk[92] |
215. Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (5th time) |
27 January 1852 |
7 March 1852 |
Turk[92] |
216. Koca Mustafa Reşit Pasha (3rd time) |
7 March 1852 |
7 August 1852 |
Turk[93] |
217. Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (1st time) |
7 August 1852 |
4 October 1852 |
Turk[93] |
218. Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha |
4 October 1852 |
14 May 1853 |
Hamsheni [94](Damat = Bridegroom to the Ottoman Dynasty). |
219-220. Mustafa Naili Pasha (1st time) |
14 May 1853 |
30 May 1854 |
Albanian,[95] from Egypt, called Giritli=Cretan because he had served as governor in that island for a long time. |
221. Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1st time) |
30 May 1854 |
24 November 1854 |
Turk,[96] from Cyprus |
222. Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (4th time) |
24 November 1854 |
4 May 1855 |
Turk[96] |
223. Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (2nd time) |
4 May 1855 |
1 December 1856 |
Turk[97] |
224. Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (5th time) |
1 December 1856 |
2 August 1857 |
Turk[97] |
225. Mustafa Naili Pasha (2nd time) |
2 August 1857 |
23 October 1857 |
Albanian[97] |
226. Koca Mustafa Reşid Pasha (6th time) |
23 October 1857 |
7 January 1858 |
Turk[97] |
227. Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (3rd time) |
11 January 1858 |
8 October 1859 |
Turk[98] |
228. Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (2nd time) |
8 October 1859 |
24 December 1859 |
Turk,[98] from Cyprus |
229. Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (1st time) |
24 December 1859 |
27 May 1860 |
Turk[98] (Mütercim = A translator, an interpreter) |
230. Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (3rd time) |
27 May 1860 |
6 August 1861 |
Turk,[99] from Cyprus |
231. Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (4th time) |
6 August 1861 |
22 November 1861 |
Turk[99] |
232. Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1st time) |
22 November 1861 |
6 January 1863 |
Turk,[99] from Konya (Keçecizade family). |
233. Yusuf Kamil Pasha |
6 January 1863 |
3 June 1863 |
Turk[100] |
234. Keçecizade Mehmed Fuad Pasha (2nd time) |
3 June 1863 |
5 June 1866 |
Turk[100] |
235. Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (2nd time) |
5 June 1866 |
11 February 1867 |
Turk[101] |
236. Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha (5th time) |
11 February 1867 |
7 September 1871 |
Turk[101] |
237. Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1st time) |
September 1871 |
31 July 1872 |
Georgian,[101] was often called Nedimoff due to his Russophile policies |
238. Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha (1st time) |
31 July 1872 |
19 October 1872 |
Turk (?),[102] family from Rusçuk, born in Istanbul. |
239. Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (3rd time) |
19 October 1872 |
February 1873 |
Turk[102] |
240. Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha (1st time) |
15 February 1873 |
15 April 1873 |
Turk,[102] from Sakız/Chios |
241. Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha |
15 April 1873 |
14 February 1874 |
Turk[102] or Kurd, from Şirvan. |
242. Hüseyin Avni Pasha |
14 February 1874 |
25 April 1875 |
Turk[103] |
243. Sakızlı Ahmed Esat Pasha (2nd time) |
April 1875 |
August 1875 |
Turk,[103] from Sakız (Chios) |
244. Mahmud Nedim Pasha (2nd time) |
21 August 1875 |
11 May 1876 |
Georgian[103] |
245. Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (4th time) |
12 May 1876 |
19 December 1876 |
Turk[103] |
246. Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha (2nd time) |
19 December 1876 |
5 February 1877 |
Turk (?)[104] The last grand vizier who was executed -while in exile in Taif-. Whether or not there was a direct order from the Sultan Abdulhamid II remains subject of discussion to this day.) |
247. İbrahim Edhem Pasha |
5 February 1877 |
11 January 1878 |
Greek,[104] from Chios/Sakız; sold as a slave in childhood to -later- Grand Vizier Husrev Pasha during the 1822 events in that island) |
248. Ahmed Hamdi Pasha |
11 January 1878 |
4 February 1878 |
Abazin[105] |
249. Ahmed Vefik Pasha |
4 February 1878 |
18 April 1878 |
Turk,[105] from Istanbul. |
250. Mehmed Sadık Pasha |
18 April 1878 |
28 May 1878 |
Turk[106] |
251. Mütercim Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (5th time) |
28 May 1878 |
4 June 1878 |
Turk[106] |
252. Saffet Pasha |
4 June 1878 |
October 1878 |
Turk[107] |
253. Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha |
October 1878 |
28 July 1879 |
Abazin[107] |
254. Ahmed Arifi Pasha |
28 July 1879 |
September 1879 |
Turk[107] |
255. Mehmed Said Pasha (1st time) |
18 October 1879 |
9 June 1880 |
Turk[108] |
256. Kadri Pasha |
9 June 1880 |
12 September 1880 |
Turk,[108] from Antep |
257. Mehmed Said Pasha (2nd time) |
12 September 1880 |
2 May 1882 |
Turk[109] |
258. Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha |
2 May 1882 |
12 July 1882 |
Turk,[109] from Kütahya (Germiyanid family) |
259. Mehmed Said Pasha (3rd time) |
12 July 1882 |
30 November 1882 |
Turk[110] |
260. Ahmed Vefik Pasha (2nd time) |
1 December 1882 |
3 December 1882 |
Turk[110] |
261. Mehmed Said Pasha (4th time) |
3 December 1882 |
24 September 1885 |
Turk[110] |
262. Kâmil Pasha (1st time) |
25 September 1885 |
4 September 1891 |
Turk,[111] from Cyprus. |
263. Ahmed Cevat Şakir Pasha |
4 September 1891 |
8 June 1895 |
Turk,[111] from Kabaağaç in Afyonkarahisar (Şakirpaşazade family) |
264. Mehmed Said Pasha (5th time) |
9 June 1895 |
3 October 1895 |
Turk[111] |
265. Kâmil Pasha (2nd time) |
3 October 1895 |
7 November 1895 |
Turk,[112] from Cyprus. |
266. Halil Rifat Pasha |
7 November 1895 |
9 November 1901 |
Turk (?),[112] from Serez |
267. Mehmed Said Pasha (6th time) |
13 November 1901 |
15 January 1903 |
Turk[112] |
268. Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Pasha |
15 January 1903 |
22 July 1908 |
Albanian,[113] from Avlonya (Vlorë) |
269. Mehmed Said Pasha (7th time) |
22 July 1908 |
6 August 1908 |
Turk[113] |
270. Kâmil Pasha (3rd time) |
5 August 1908 |
14 February 1909 |
Turk,[113] from Cyprus |
271. Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1st time) |
14 February 1909 |
14 April 1909 |
Greek[114] or Turk[115] from Cyprus |
272. Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1st time) |
14 April 1909 |
5 May 1909 |
Turk[115] |
273. Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (2nd time) |
5 May 1909 |
12 January 1910 |
Greek or Turk, from Midilli |
274. İbrahim Hakkı Pasha |
12 January 1910 |
30 September 1911 |
Turk (?)[116] |
275-276. Mehmed Said Pasha (8th time) |
30 September 1911 |
22 July 1912 |
Turk[116] |
277. Ahmed Muhtar Pasha |
22 July 1912 |
29 October 1912 |
Turk,[117] from Bursa |
278. Kâmil Pasha (4th time) |
29 October 1912 |
23 January 1913 |
Turk,[118] from Cyprus |
279. Mahmud Shevket Pasha |
23 January 1913 |
11 June 1913 |
Chechen (?),[118] Circassian[119] and/or Arab[120] Ottoman, from Baghdad |
280. Said Halim Pasha |
12 June 1913 |
4 February 1917 |
Albanian (?)[121] Albanian origins (from the family of the Khedives of Egypt) |
281. Mehmed Talaat Pasha |
4 February 1917 |
14 October 1918 |
(?),[121] from Edirne |
282-283. Ahmed Izzet Pasha |
14 October 1918 |
11 November 1918 |
Albanian[119][122] Ottoman, from Istanbul |
284. Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (2nd time) |
11 November 1918 |
4 March 1919 |
Turk[123] |
285-287. Damat Ferid Pasha (1st time) |
4 March 1919 |
2 October 1919 |
Bosniak, with family origins in the village of Potoci, near Pljevlja (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
288. Ali Rıza Pasha |
2 October 1919 |
8 March 1920 |
Turk (?),[124] from Istanbul |
289. Salih Hulusi Pasha |
8 March 1920 |
5 April 1920 |
Circassian,[124] from Istanbul |
290-291. Damat Ferid Pasha (2nd time) |
5 April 1920 |
21 October 1920 |
Bosniak, with family origins in the village of Potoci, near Pljevlja (Damat, bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty) |
292. Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (3rd time) |
21 October 1920 |
1 November 1922 |
Turk,[125] last grand vizier |