Yemişçi Hasan Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1601 to 1603
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Damat Yemişçi Hasan Pasha (Albanian: Jemishxhi; 1535 – 18 October 1603) was an Albanian Ottoman statesman.
Damat Yemişçi Hasan | |
|---|---|
| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 22 July 1601 – 4 October 1603 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed III |
| Preceded by | Damat Ibrahim Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Yavuz Ali Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1535 |
| Died | 18 October 1603 (aged 68) |
| Spouse | |
Ethnicity | Albanian |
Hasan, an Albanian[1][2] who spent his childhood in Rogovo, then went to Prizren, where he finished his primary education. He pursued the remainder of his education at the military academy in Istanbul. After a military career, Hasan became grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1602 to 1603. He was executed by Sultan Mehmed III in 1603.[3]
He married Ayşe Sultan (1565 – 15 May 1605), a daughter of Murad III, on 5 April 1602. Previously, from 1586 to 1601, she had been married to Damat Ibrahim Pasha.[4]