Özdemir Pasha (died 1561,

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) was a

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general for the

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, of Kumyk descent.''Mustafa Müftüoğlu.'' Yalan söyleyen tarih utansın!--. — Çile Yayınevi, 1981. — 384 с. He joined Hadım Süleyman Pasha's campaign to India in 1538 (see

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). Later he became the Ottoman governor of

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and s ...

and invaded

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in 1557 for the Ottoman Empire. Özdemir Pasha was well-regarded for bringing some measure of stability in the otherwise difficult-to-govern Yemeni eyalet. Under his supervision, cities were garrisoned, fortresses were built and the trade routes were secured. His rule was cut short by his death in 1561 in

, Yemen. His son, Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha, became the

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

from 1584 to 1585.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ozdemir Pasha Year of birth missing Military personnel of the Ottoman Empire 16th-century Ottoman military personnel 1561 deaths Ottoman governors of Yemen