Gazi Hüseyin Pasha
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Gazi · · · Baltaoğlu Hüseyin Pasha |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 28 February 1656 – 5 March 1656 |
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| Monarch | Mehmet IV |
| Preceded by | Ermeni Suleyman Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha |
| Ottoman Governor of Egypt | |
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In office 1635–1637 |
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| Monarch | Murad IV |
| Preceded by | Bakırcı Ahmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha |
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| Born | Yenişehir, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1659 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Origins | Turkish |
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| Allegiance |
 Ottoman Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Ottoman Navy
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| Rank | Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral) |
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Gazi Hüseyin Pasha ("Hüseyin Pasha the Warrior"; died 1659), also known as Deli Hüseyin Pasha ("the Mad") or Sarı Hüseyin Pasha ("the Blonde") or Baltaoğlu Hüseyin Pasha ("of the Axe"), was an Ottoman military officer and statesman. He was governor of Egypt (1635–1637),Kapudan Pasha in the 1630s, and briefly Grand Vizier in 1656.
Hüseyin was of Turkish origin and was born in Yenişehir near Bursa in northwest Anatolia. Other than that, little is known about his early days in Constantinople, the Ottoman capital. During the reign of Murat IV, he was a member of palace staff. The shah of Iran had sent Murat IV a prestigious gift, a bow which was reputed as being undrawable. Hüseyin attracted attention when he easily drew the bow. After winning sultan's appreciation, he was promoted to various posts: chief stable man, governor of Silistria in (now in modern Bulgaria), beylerbey (high governor) of Egypt, beylerbey of Anatolia, Kapudan Pasha, etc. He participated in campaigns around Baghdad in modern Iraq and Yerevan (now in modern Armenia). During the reign of Ibrahim I, he served in various European provinces as a governor, and in 1646, he became the governor of Chania, Crete (now in Greece).
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