Hadım (Eunuch) Suleiman Pasha (; ; 1467 – September 1547) was an
Ottoman statesman and military commander of
Greek
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descent. He served as the
governor
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of
Ottoman Egypt
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in 1525–1535 and 1537–1538, and as
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
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between 1541 and 1544.
[Turkish State Archives] He was a
eunuch
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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
Aden
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and the
siege of Diu (in
Portuguese India
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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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See also
* Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean
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* List of Ottoman grand viziers
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* List of Ottoman governors of Egypt
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Year of birth missing
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1547 deaths
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Grand viziers of Suleiman the Magnificent
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Eunuchs from the Ottoman Empire
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