Dukaginzade Ahmed | |
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24th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
In office 18 December 1514 – 4 March 1515 | |
Monarch | Selim I |
Preceded by | Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha |
Succeeded by | Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha |
Personal details | |
Born | c. mid 1400s Albanian League (modern day Albania) |
Died | 4 March 1515 Amasya, Ottoman Empire |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Spouse(s) | Gevherşah Hanımsultan Hafize Sultan |
Relations | Dukagjini family Arianiti family |
Children | Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha |
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Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha (Albanian: Ahmed Pashë Dukagjini; Ottoman Turkish: دوقکین زاده أحمد پاشا; Turkish: Dukakinoğlu Ahmed Paşa; died 1515), born Progon Dukagjini, was a high-ranking statesman and military commander of the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century. He hailed from the Albanian Dukagjini family, one of the strongest in pre-Ottoman medieval Albania. Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha was the son of Nicholas Paul Dukagjini and Kiranna Arianiti Comnena.[1]