Bayram Pasha

Damat Bayram Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 2 February 1637 – 26 August 1638
Monarch	Murat IV
Preceded by	Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded by	Tayyar Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
In office 1626–1628
Preceded by	Kara Mustafa Pasha
Succeeded by	Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha
Personal details
Died	26 August 1638 Urfa, Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman
Religion	Sunni Islam

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.

Bayram, whose family was from Ladik, near the Anatolian city of Amasya, was a member of the janissary. Although janissary corps were originally based on the devshirme system, beginning in the reign of Murat III (1574–1595), Turks were also admitted into the corps. In 1622, his title was turnacıbaşı (chief of recruiting teams), and in 1623, the kethüda (chamberlain). In 1625, he was appointed to Egypt (then an Ottoman territory) as the beylerbey (governor). In 1628, he was promoted to the rank of vizier. In 1635, Bayram Pasha was the kaymakam (a title almost equivalent to modern mayor) of Constantinople. In 1637, during the reign of Murat IV (1623–1640), he was promoted to the rank of grand vizier, the highest office in the empire next to that of the sultan. Bayram Pasha participated in the Baghdad campaign led by the sultan. He died (of natural causes) near Urfa.

Bayram was also a damat (groom) of the palace. In Ottoman tradition, the daughters and sisters of the sultans usually married viziers. But Bayram's case was an exception, because Bayram was married to Hanzade Sultan, the daughter of Ahmet I (1603–1617) in 1623 while he was still a turnacıbaşı. The reason for this exceptional marriage was probably Bayram's fame as a very handsome man.

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