Özdemir Pasha (died 1561, Sana,

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) was a

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general for the

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, of Kumyk Turkic or Circassian descent.''Nazım Tektaş.'' Osmanlı Tarihi 1 - Çadırdan Saraya. — artcivic, 2009-11-12. — 538 с. — . He joined

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's campaign to India in 1538 (see

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). Later he became the Ottoman governor of

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and invaded

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in 1557 for the Ottoman Empire, but failed and was captured in battle. 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 Sana, Yemen. His son,

Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha (; ; 1526 – 29 October 1585) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman and military commander who also held the office of Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, grand vizier for one year. Origin Osman's father, Özdemir ...

, became the

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of the

from 1584 to 1585.

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