Damat (, from {{langx, fa, {{nq, داماد (dâmâd) "bridegroom") was an official Ottoman title describing men that entered the imperial

House of Osman The Ottoman dynasty () consisted of the members of the imperial House of Osman (), also known as the Ottomans (). According to Ottoman tradition, the family originated from the Kayı tribe branch of the Oghuz Turks, under the leadership of Os ...

by means of marriage, literally becoming the bridegroom to the

Ottoman sultan The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to Dissolution of the Ottoman Em ...

and the dynasty. In almost all cases, this occurred when a man married an Ottoman princess. Among others, the following people were damats to the Ottoman dynasty: *

Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha Hersekzade or Hersekli Ahmed Pasha ("Ahmed Pasha, son of the Herzog"; Serbo-Croatian: ''Ahmed-paša Hercegović''; Aхмед-паша Херцеговић; 1456 – 21 July 1517), born as Stjepan Hercegović, was an Ottoman Bosnian general and ...

, Grand Vizier (1497–98, 1503–06, 1511, 1512–14, 1515–16) * Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier (1706–10) *

Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (1667 – 5 August 1716), also called Silahdar Ali Pasha, was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman general and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Grand Vizier. His epithet ''silahdar Agha, silahdar'' means arms-bearer and ''damat ...

, Grand Vizier (1713–16) *

Bayram Pasha Bayram Pasha (, died 26 August 1638) was an Ottoman grand vizier from 1637 to 1638 and the Ottoman governor of Egypt from 1626 to 1628. Life Bayram, was from Ladik, near the Anatolian city of Amasya. He was of Georgian origin and was a ...

, Grand Vizier (1637–38) *

Kara Davud Pasha Kara Davud Pasha, also known as simply Davud Pasha () or as Hain Davud Pasha ("Davud Pasha the Traitor"), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman who became briefly Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1622, ...

, Grand Vizier (1622) *

Koca Davud Pasha Koca Davud Pasha (; 1446–1498) was an Ottoman Albanian general and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1482 to 1497, during the reign of Bayezid II. He became a '' damat'' ("bridegroom") to the Ottoman dynasty by marrying an Ottoman pri ...

, Grand Vizier (1482–97) *

Ebubekir Pasha Ebubekir Pasha (; ; 1670 – 1759Tosun, Sevilay"Ebubekir Paşa Ve Kıbrıs'taki İmar Faaliyetleri." Cumhuriyet University Journal of Social Sciences 28.2 (2004): 205-13. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.), also referred to as Koca Bekir Pasha () and Abu Bakr Pas ...

, Kapudan Pasha (1732–33, 1750–51) *

Enver Pasha İsmâil Enver (; ; 23 November 1881 – 4 August 1922), better known as Enver Pasha, was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turkish people, Turkish military officer, revolutionary, and Istanbul trials of 1919–1920, convicted war criminal who was a p ...

, Minister of War (1913–18) *

Damat Ferid Pasha " Damat" Mehmed Adil Ferid Pasha ( ;‎ 1853 – 6 October 1923), known simply as Damat Ferid Pasha, was an Ottoman liberal statesman, who held the office of Grand Vizier, the ''de facto'' prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, during two ...

, Grand Vizier (1919, 1920) *

Damat Halil Pasha Damat Halil Pasha (died 1629, Istanbul), also known as Khalil Pasha, was an Ottoman Armenian statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1616–1619 and 1626–1628.İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayın ...

, Grand Vizier (1616–19, 1626–28) *

Damat Hasan Pasha Moralı Damat Hasan Pasha (Modern or ''Moralı Damat Hasan Pasha''; 1658, Tripoli, Greece, Tripolice, Morea – 1713, Urfa) was a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire of Greeks, Greek origin. He was also a two- ...

, Grand Vizier (1703–04) *

Yemişçi Hasan Pasha Damat Yemişçi Hasan Pasha (; 1535 – 18 October 1603) was an Albanians, Albanian Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman. Hasan, an Albanian who spent his childhood in Rogovo, then went to Prizren, where he finished his primary education. He pursu ...

, Grand Vizier (1601–03) *

Küçük Hüseyin Pasha 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 (Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Navy) from 11 March 1792 to 7 December 1803. He wa ...

, Kapudan Pasha (1792–1803) *

Damat Ibrahim Pasha Damat Ibrahim Pasha (, ; 1517–1601) was an Ottoman military commander and statesman who held the office of grand vizier three times (the first time from 4 April to 27 October 1596; the second time from 5 December 1596 to 3 November 1597; and ...

, Grand Vizier (1596, 1596–97, 1599–1601) *

Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha ( 1662 – 1 October 1730) served as Grand Vizier for Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Ahmed III of the Ottoman Empire during the Tulip period. He was also the head of a ruling family which had great influence ...

, Grand Vizier (1718–30) *

Lütfi Pasha Lütfi Pasha (, ''Luṭfī Paşa''; Modern Turkish: ''Lütfi Paşa'', more fully ''Damat Çelebi Lütfi Paşa''; 1488 – 27 March 1564, Didymoteicho) was an Ottoman Albanian statesman, general, and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire under Sule ...

, Grand Vizier (1539–41) *

Ibşir Mustafa Pasha Ibşir Mustafa Pasha () was an Ottoman statesman of Abkhazian origin, nephew of the governor and rebel Abaza Mehmed Pasha, and prominent Celali rebel. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 28 October 1654 to 11 May 1655. He was also th ...

, Grand Vizier (1654–55) *

Kara Mustafa Pasha Kara Mustafa Pasha (; ; "Mustafa Pasha the Courageous"; 1634/1635 – 25 December 1683) was an Ottoman nobleman, military figure and Grand Vizier, who was a central character in the Ottoman Empire's last attempts at expansion into both Centr ...

, governor of Egypt (1623, 1624–26) *

Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha (1813–1868) was an Ottoman statesman and diplomat. He served as the Grand Vizier from October 3, 1852, to May 14, 1853, on the eve of the Crimean War. Along with Fuad Pasha, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha and Mustafa Reşid Pasha ...

, Grand Vizier (1852–53) *

Öküz Mehmed Pasha "Öküz" Mehmed Pasha ("Mehmed Pasha the Ox"), also known as Kara Mehmed Pasha ("the Black") or "Kul Kıran" Mehmed Pasha ("the Disciple-breaker"), was an Ottoman Turkish statesman, administrator, and military figure of the early 17th century. H ...

, Grand Vizier (1614–16, 1619) * Gümülcineli Damat Nasuh Pasha, Grand Vizier (1611–14) * Ahmed Nami Bey, the 5th Prime Minister of Syria and 2nd President of Syria (1926–28), and a lecturer of History and Politics *

Köprülü Numan Pasha Köprülü may refer to: People * Köprülü family (Kypriljotet), an Ottoman noble family of Albanian origin ** Köprülü era (1656–1703), the period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were set by the Grand Viziers, mainly the Köprülü fa ...

, Grand Vizier (1710) *

Koca Ragıp Pasha Koca Mehmet Ragıp Pasha (1698–1763) was an Ottoman statesman who served as a civil servant before 1744 as the provincial governor of Egypt from 1744 to 1748 and Grand Vizier from 1757 to 1763. He was also known as a poet. His epithet ''Koc ...

, Grand Vizier (1757–63) *

Rüstem Pasha Rüstem Pasha (; ; 1505 – 10 July 1561) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. Rüstem Pasha is also known as Damat Rüstem Pasha (the epithet ''damat'' meaning 'son-in-law') as a result of ...

, Grand Vizier (1544–53, 1555–61) * Ahmad Beg *

Ughurlu Muhammad Ughurlu Muhammad Beg or Ughurlu Mehmed (; ; ; d. 1477) was a prince of the Aq Qoyunlu, son of Uzun Hasan and his Kurdish spouse. Early life He was born in November 1442 to Uzun Hasan and a daughter of Dawlatshah Bulduqani-Mardasi, 8 months lat ...

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