Hadım Suleiman Pasha

Hadım 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.

Hadım Suleiman Pasha
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, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Children	none

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

1. Turkish State Archives
2. A military history of modern Egypt: from the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War by Andrew James McGregor p.30
3. Giancarlo Casale (26 January 2010). The Ottoman Age of Exploration. Oxford University Press. pp. 87, 102. ISBN 978-0-19-979879-7.