Moralı Ibrahim Pasha ("Ibrahim Pasha of

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"; died April or May 1725), also known as Aşçı Ibrahim Pasha ("the Cook") or Hacı Ibrahim Pasha or Ibrahim Pasha al-Kapudan, was an Ottoman statesman and grand admiral (

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, 1707–09, 1717–18). Ibrahim Pasha served as the Ottoman governor of

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(1709–10) but was then jailed and exiled to Sinop. After being pardoned in 1713, he was appointed to the governorship of

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(1714, 1717),

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(1714–16),

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(1716), and

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(1716). In his second term as Kapudan Pasha, he reportedly destroyed a Venetian navy fleet. He died in April or May 1725. Today, there is a street in

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named after him (''Moralı İbrahim Paşa Sokak'').

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim Pasha, Morali 17th-century births 1725 deaths 17th-century Ottoman military personnel 18th-century Ottoman governors of Egypt Ottoman governors of Egypt Ottoman governors of Damascus Kapudan Pashas Ottoman governors of Aleppo

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