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Kara Davud Pasha, also known as simply Davud Pasha or as Hain Davud Pasha ("Davud Pasha the Traitor"), was an Ottoman statesman who became briefly Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1622, during the reign of his brother-in-law Mustafa I.
He was born in 1570 in Bosnia Eyalet.
He married a daughter of Mehmed III and Halime Sultan in 1604 and was appointed Beylerbey of Rumelia and shortly after vizier.
He became Kapudan Pasha for a brief time during the first reign of Mustafa I (1617-1618).
He was appointed Grand Vizier in May 20 1622 through the influence of Mustafa's mother, his own mother-in-law. He was responsible of the death of Osman II. However he was dismissed in June 13 1622 and executed in 18 January 1623.
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