Hadım (Eunuch) Suleiman Pasha (; ; 1467 – September 1547) was an Ottoman statesman and military commander of

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descent. He served as the

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in 1525–1535 and 1537–1538, and as

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between 1541 and 1544.Turkish State Archives He was a

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. The Ottoman Sultan

Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 a ...

ordered Suleiman Pasha as governor of Egypt to conduct a naval expedition in the Indian Ocean, where he led the capture of

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and the siege of Diu (in

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) in 1538.''A military history of modern Egypt: from the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War'' by Andrew James McGregor p.3

/ref> Suleiman Pasha was a benefactor of his long-serving successor in the Egyptian governorship, Davud Pasha (governor of Egypt) , Davud Pasha (served 1538–1549), whom he championed for the role to spite his rival and colleague,

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 ...

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Year of birth missing Place of birth missing 1547 deaths Devshirme Converts to Sunni Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy 16th-century Egyptian people 16th-century grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire 16th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt Egyptian pashas Grand viziers of Suleiman the Magnificent Ottoman governors of Egypt Converts to Islam from Christianity Eunuchs from the Ottoman Empire Greeks from the Ottoman Empire 16th-century Greek people 15th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire 16th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire {{Ottoman-bio-stub

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