Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha

Dukaginzade Ahmed
24th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
18 December 1514 – 4 March 1515
MonarchSelim I
Preceded byHersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byHersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Personal details
Bornc. mid 1400s
Albanian League
(modern day Albania)
Died4 March 1515
Amasya, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
Spouse(s)Gevherşah Hanımsultan
Hafize Sultan
RelationsDukagjini family
Arianiti family
ChildrenDukakinzade Mehmed Pasha
Parents

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]

  1. ^ Petta, Paolo (2000). Despoti d'Epiro e principi di Macedonia. Esuli albanesi nell'Italia del Rinascimento (në italisht). Lecce: Argo. fq. 206.