Damat Ibrahim Pasha

Ibrahim
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
6 January 1599 – 10 July 1601
MonarchMehmed III
Preceded byCerrah Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded byYemişçi Hasan Pasha
In office
5 December 1596 – 3 November 1597
MonarchMehmed III
Preceded byCigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
Succeeded byHadım Hasan Pasha
In office
4 April 1596 – 27 October 1596
MonarchMehmed III
Preceded byKoca Sinan Pasha
Succeeded byCigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
In office
1583–1585
Preceded byHadım Hasan Pasha
Succeeded byDefterdar Sinan Pasha
Personal details
Born1517
Croatia or Sanjak of Bosnia, Ottoman Empire
Died10 July 1601 (aged 84)
Spouse
(m. 1586)
ChildrenSultanzade Mehmed Bey
Fülane Hanımsultan

Damat Ibrahim Pasha (Turkish: Damat İbrahim Paşa, Serbo-Croatian: Damat Ibrahim-paša; 1517–1601) was an Ottoman military commander and statesman who held the office of grand vizier three times (the first time from 4 April to 27 October 1596; the second time from 5 December 1596 to 3 November 1597; and for the third and last time, from 6 January 1599 to 10 July 1601.[1] He is known as the conqueror of Kanije.

Born at Mehmed-Kanije, on 28 May 1517, he attended military schools in several cities of the Ottoman Empire before being enlisted in the Ottoman army. After graduating, he was in active service during the Battle of Keresztes in October 1596, and held the position of grand vizier under Sultan Mehmed III until his death in 1601.

He is also called with the title damat ("bridegroom"), because he was a bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty by marrying Ayşe Sultan, one of the sultan's daughters. By her he had a son, Sultanzade Mehmed Bey (died in infancy), and a daughter (died as newborn). He is not to be confused with either Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, illustrious grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent, another devşirme and to the Ottoman court, or with Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, who held office in early 18th century during the Tulip Era in the Ottoman Empire.

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