Name Damat Pasha | Died 1713, Sanliurfa, Turkey | |
Morali Damat Hasan Pasha (Modern Turkish: Morali Eniste Hasan Pasha or Morali Damat Hasan Pasha; c. 1658, Tripolice, Morea – 1713, Urfa) was a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire of Greek origin. He was also a two-time governor of Egypt.
Biography
He was born of Greek ancestry in the Morea, and was converted to Islam early on at the Enderun School through the Devsirme Christian child tax system. He initially served as an Armourer and rose to the post of Grand Vizier, where he served between 1703–1704. He married Hatice Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Mehmed IV, taking on the epithet "Damat" (Turkish: bridesgroom, son-in-law), and was eventually exiled with his wife to Izmit.
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