Bayezid Pasha

Bayezid
8th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
1413 – July 1421
MonarchsMehmed I
Murad II
Preceded byImamzade Halil Pasha
Succeeded byÇandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Elder
Personal details
BornAmasya, Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire)
DiedJuly 1421
Sazlıdere, Keşan, Edirne, Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire)
NationalityOttoman, Albanian origin
RelationsHamza Bey (Brother)
ParentAmasyalı Yahşi Bey (Father)

Bayezid Pasha or Beyazid Pasha (also known as Amasyalı Beyazid Pasha; died July 1421) was an Ottoman-Albanian statesman who served as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421.[1] He was the first Albanian and first Muslim from Balkans to become Grand Vizier of the Ottoman state.

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 9. (Turkish)