Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha (; died August 15, 1429), sometimes called the Elder, was an Ottoman statesman who served as

grand vizier Grand vizier (; ; ) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Soko ...

of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

under

Murad II Murad II (, ; June 1404 – 3 February 1451) was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1421 to 1444 and from 1446 to 1451. Early life Murad was born in June 1404 to Mehmed I, while the identity of his mother is disputed according to v ...

, from 1421 to 1429. He was the third member of the prominent

Çandarlı family The Çandarlı family (; ) was a prominent Turkish political family which provided the Ottoman Empire with five grand viziers during the 14th and 15th centuries. At the time, it was the second most important family after the Ottoman dynasty itse ...

to become grand vizier, after his father

Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder Çandarlı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Dikili, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 8,021 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). It is a well-developed coastal town and an important ...

and his brother Çandarlı Ali Pasha. His son,

Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger Çandarlı Halil Pasha (died 10 July 1453), also known as the Younger, was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1439 to 1453 under the sultans Murad II and, for the first few years of his reign, Mehmed II.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osman ...

and his namesake grandson, Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Younger, also became grand viziers.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 9. (Turkish) He was married to Lady Isfahan Shah Khatun (died ), a direct descendant of Sheikh Edebali. She was the mother of all his children, except the eldest,

Halil Pasha Halil Pasha () was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman who served as the List of Ottoman governors of Egypt, governor of Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Egypt from 1631 to 1633. He was known for his "gentle, impartial, and prosperous administration"d'Avenn ...

.Burak, 2013, p. 115 She established a

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: the al-'Uthmaniyya.Burak, 2013, p. 124

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