Kara Davud Pasha, also known as simply Davud Pasha or as Hain Davud Pasha ("Davud

Pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignita ...

the Traitor"), was an Ottoman statesman who became briefly

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 in 1622, during the reign of his brother-in-law

Mustafa I Mustafa I (; ‎; 1600, Constantinople – 20 January 1639, Constantinople), called Mustafa the Saint (Veli Mustafa) during his second reign, and often called Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) by historians, was the son of Sultan Mehmed III and ...

Encyclopedia of Islam The ''Encyclopaedia of Islam'' (''EI'') is an encyclopaedia of the academic discipline of Islamic studies published by Brill. It is considered to be the standard reference work in the field of Islamic studies. The first edition was published ...

, vol.2 (1991), p.183 His first position was of Kethüda under

Mehmet III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; tr, III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the L ...

(1595-1603) then he was named Kapıcıbaşı under

Ahmed I Ahmed I ( ota, احمد اول '; tr, I. Ahmed; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 until his death in 1617. Ahmed's reign is noteworthy for marking the first breach in the Ottoman tradition of royal ...

(1603-1617, son of Sultan

Mehmed III Mehmed III (, ''Meḥmed-i sālis''; tr, III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the L ...

and one of his consorts Handan Hatun). He married in 1604 (consumated in March 1606) an Ahmed's half-sister, Şah Sultan, daughter of Sultan

and an his other consort

Halime Hatun Halime Hatun ( ota, حلیمه خاتون) was, according to some Ottoman folklore, the wife of Ertuğrul (13th century) and possibly the mother of Osman I. Biography Her origins are unknown; she is variously referred to as "Hayme Ana" in lat ...

. They had a son and a daughter whose name are unknown. He became

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 ...

for a brief time during the first reign of

(1617-1618).He was appointed

Beylerbey ''Beylerbey'' ( ota, بكلربكی, beylerbeyi, lit= bey of beys, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords') was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Selj ...

Rumelia Rumelia ( ota, روم ايلى, Rum İli; tr, Rumeli; el, Ρωμυλία), etymologically "Land of the Romans", at the time meaning Eastern Orthodox Christians and more specifically Christians from the Byzantine rite, was the name of a hi ...

and shortly afterwards vizier. He was

on 20 May 1622 during Mustafa I's reign through the influence of Halime Sultan, Mustafa's mother and his own mother-in-law. He carried out the execution of

Osman II Osman II ( ota, عثمان ثانى ''‘Osmān-i sānī''; tr, II. Osman; 3 November 1604 – 20 May 1622), also known as Osman the Young ( tr, Genç Osman), was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 26 February 1618 until his regicide on 20 May 162 ...

, cutting off his ear as proof to give to Halime that Osman was dead. However, he was dismissed on 13 June 1622, and was tortured until his death because he executed

without the confirmation of the Sultan (Mustafa). The supposed reason of Davud'execution was Halime's fear of the riots he faced due to the execution of Osman, given that he had been inhumanly executed by Davud. The army went against him and the people who were included in the execution of Osman were executed with him on 18 January 1623 by different methods. He was buried in

Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray The Murat Paşa Mosque ( tr, Murat Paşa Camii) is a 15th century Ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking Aksaray and Yusufpaşa in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. Architecture The mosque was commissioned in 1465 ...

Family

He married Şah Sultan, daughter of

and

, in 1604 (consumed in March 1606). The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.

In popular culture

* In the 2015 Turkish television series '' Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem'', Davud was portrayed by turkish actor Mustafa Üstündağ. * Şah Sultan (Davud's wife) by Melisa Ilayda Ozcanik (young role) and

Öykü Karayel Öykü Karayel (born 21 August 1990) is a Turkish actress. Life and career Born in 1990 in Istanbul, Öykü Karayel graduated from Çemberlitaş Girls High School. She has a twin sister. After receiving a short period of training at Kenter Thea ...

(adult role) with name Dilruba Sultan (daughter of Mehmed III and Halime Sultan), because when the series was shot the names of Mehmed's daughters were not known.

References

17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire People from the Ottoman Empire of Bosnian descent Damats Kapudan Pashas {{Ottoman-bio-stub