Hüseyin Pasha (Celali rebel)
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Hüseyin Pasha | |
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 Portrait of Hüseyin Pasha by Dominicus Custos, 1600 | |
| Beylerbey of Abyssinia | |
| In office 16 January 1568 – 3 December 1570 | |
| Preceded by | Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ahmet Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | February 1600 |
Hüseyin Pasha (died February 1600) was a leader of Celali rebellions and a former Beylerbey of Abyssinia in Ottoman Empire in 16th century.
Although Venetian sources portray him as ethnic Albanian,[1][2] he is also known with the epithet The Bosnian[3] (Ottoman Turkish: بوسنوی, romanized: Bosnavî, lit. 'From Bosnia'). However, Turkish author Hüseyin Hüsameddin Yasar proposed an alternative Turkish origin from Amasya. According to him, he was a son of Budak bey, a descendant of Shadgeldi and participated in Ottoman conquest of Shirvan.[4] He served as third Beylerbey of Abyssinia from 16 January 1568 to 3 December 1570. His tenure in Ethiophia was uneventful.[5]
After serving as the beylerbeyi, according to Venetian sources, he served under Koca Sinan Pasha in court. he was appointed as the mîrlivâ (district governor) of Amasya in October 1590, but as he was also in charge of the defense of Erzurum, he appointed Zülfikâr Ağa to serve as the mütesellim (deputy governor) of Amasya.[6] He soon was invested with title of inspector of Anatolia (Karaman) and set off for inspections of fiefs, tours of the region.[2] Hüseyin Pasha allocated portions of the landholdings to the leaders of the insurgents and appointed them as commanders of those territories to quell the revolt. Among these measures, Yaramaz Ahmed Ağa, originally from Köprülü and later a rebel in Amasya, was granted the governorship of Karahisâr-ı Şarkî, and Deli Mustafa Ağa from Amasya was appointed to the governoship of Erzincan. By distributing estates to their followers, Hüseyin Pasha managed to largely suppress the rebellion.[6]
Furthermore, he accused the beylerbey of Sivas, Mahmud Pasha who was appointed in 1598,[6] of misusing his power and oppressing the reaya (tax-paying subjects of the Sultan) in the region.[2][7] He informed the sultan about Mahmud Pasha's negligence. Nonetheless, Mahmud Pasha's clients persuaded the sultan that Hüseyin Pasha was the true exploiter, resulting in his dismissal in May 1599. Subsequently, Hüseyin Pasha was incarcerated in the Amasya dungeon in 1599 alongside his deputy Zülfikâr Ağa,[6] and after a duration of four months, he successfully escaped and returned to Karaman.
