Hafız Ahmed Pasha (1564 in Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire – 10 February 1632 in Istanbul), also known by epithet Müezzinzade ("muezzin's son"), was an Ottoman grand vizier. Born as son of a Pomak muezzin, he went to Istanbul at the age of 15 and was an employee in the sultan's palace for many years. From 1609 on, he became Governor of Damascus (Damascus), Van (Turkey), Erzurum (Turkey), Baghdad (Iraq), and other Anatolian eyalets.

He served as grand vizier twice and was killed in office during a revolt on 10 February 1632, when the Janissaries attempted to overthrow Sultan Murad IV.

Hafız Ahmed Pasha

See also

List of Ottoman grand viziers

References

Pashas

Politicians from Plovdiv

1564 births

1632 deaths

Burials at Karacaahmet Cemetery

17th-century Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire

Assassinated people from the Ottoman Empire

People from the Ottoman Empire of Pomak descent

Ottoman governors of Baghdad

Ottoman governors of Damascus

Ottoman people of the Ottoman–Persian Wars

17th-century assassinated people

Hafız Ahmed Pasha