Moralı
Damat
Damat ( tr, damat, from fa, {{nq, داماد (dâmâd) "bridegroom") was an official Ottoman title describing men that entered the imperial House of Osman by means of marriage, literally becoming the bridegroom to the Ottoman sultan and the d ...
Hasan Pasha (Modern tr, Moralı Enişte Hasan Pasha or ''Moralı Damat Hasan Pasha''; 1658,
Tripolice,
Morea – 1713,
Urfa) was a
Grand Vizier
Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...
of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
of
Greek origin. He was also a two-time
governor of Egypt.
Biography
He was born of
Greek ancestry in the
Morea, and was converted to Islam early on at the
Enderun School
The Enderun School ( ota, اندرون مکتب, Enderûn Mektebi) was a palace school and boarding school within Topkapi Palace. It was mostly for Princes of the court and the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire. Students here were primarily recru ...
through the
Devşirme
Devshirme ( ota, دوشیرمه, devşirme, collecting, usually translated as "child levy"; hy, Մանկահավաք, Mankahavak′. or "blood tax"; hbs-Latn-Cyrl, Danak u krvi, Данак у крви, mk, Данок во крв, Danok vo krv ...
Christian child tax system. He initially served as an
Armourer
Historically, an armourer is a person who makes personal armour, especially plate armour. In modern terms, an armourer is a member of a military or police force who works in an armoury and maintains and repairs small arms and weapons systems, wi ...
and rose to the post of Grand Vizier, where he served between 1703 and 1704. He married Hatice Sultan, the daughter of Sultan
Mehmed IV,
taking on the epithet "
Damat
Damat ( tr, damat, from fa, {{nq, داماد (dâmâd) "bridegroom") was an official Ottoman title describing men that entered the imperial House of Osman by means of marriage, literally becoming the bridegroom to the Ottoman sultan and the d ...
" (
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
: ''bridesgroom, son-in-law''), and was eventually exiled with his wife to
Izmit.
References
See also
*
List of Ottoman Grand Viziers
*
List of Ottoman governors of Egypt
*
Greek Muslims
1658 births
1713 deaths
17th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt
18th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt
17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire
18th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire
Greek former Christians
Converts to Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy
People from Tripoli, Greece
People from the Ottoman Empire of Greek descent
Ottoman governors of Egypt
Greek slaves from the Ottoman Empire
Damats
Former Greek Orthodox Christians
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