Küçük Hüseyin Pasha (1757 – 7 December 1803), also known as Tayazade Damat Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman and admiral who was

Kapudan Pasha The Kapudan Pasha ( ota, قپودان پاشا, modern Turkish: ), was the Grand Admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire. He was also known as the ( ota, قپودان دریا, links=no, modern: , "Captain of the Sea"). Typically, he was bas ...

(Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy) from 11 March 1792 to 7 December 1803. He was a ''

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 ...

'' ("bridegroom") to the Ottoman dynasty after he married an Ottoman princess, Esma Sultan. Of

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birth, Küçük Hüseyin Pasha commanded the Ottoman navy, first against Mediterranean pirates and again during the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Britain, Austria, Prussia ...

. He was one of the signatories of the

Capitulation of Alexandria (1801) The Capitulation of Alexandria in August 1801 brought to an end the French expedition to Egypt. Background French troops, defeated by British and Ottoman forces, had retreated to Alexandria where they were besieged. On 30 August 1801 the Fren ...

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1757 births 1803 deaths Kapudan Pashas Ottoman military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Georgians from the Ottoman Empire Damats {{Ottoman-bio-stub