Yemişçi Hasan Pasha

Damat Yemişçi Hasan Pasha (Albanian: Jemishxhi; 1535, Rogovë, Kosovo – 18 October 1603, Istanbul, Turkey) was an Albanian Ottoman statesman.

Damat Yemişçi Hasan Pasha
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 Rogovë, Ottoman Empire, now near Gjakovë, District of Gjakova, Kosovo
Died	18 October 1603 (aged 68) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, now Turkey
Nationality	Ottoman
Spouse	Ayşe Sultan ​ (m. 1602)​
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. She had previously been married to Damat Ibrahim Pasha.^[4]

References

1. Evgeni Radushev, Svetlana Ivanova, Rumen Kovachev (2003), INVENTORY of Ottoman Turkish Documents about Waqf Preserved in the Oriental Department at the St Cyril and Methodius National Library (PDF), vol. 1–Register, Sofia, p. 225, Hasan Paşa (Yemişçi), Albanian, devşirme conscript. During the reign of the sultans Murad III (1574-1595) and Mehmed III (1595-1603) consecutively held the posts of chief cup-bearer, head of the palace guard, yeniçeri ağa, vali of Belgrade and finally managed to become Grand Vezir. Engaged to the daughter of Murad III, Ayşe Sultan, but in 1603 was executed without ever becoming sultan's son-in-law{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Danişmend (1971), p. 27. (Turkish)
3. Barkey, Karen (1997). Bandits and Bureaucrats: The Ottoman Route to State Centralization. Cornell University Press. pp. 203. ISBN 0-8014-8419-7.
4. Çeliktemel, Başak (2012). A study of the third English ambassador Henry Lello's report on the Ottoman Empire (1597-1607), pp.68-72

See also

• List of Ottoman grand viziers
• Turks in Kosovo

Political offices
Preceded by Damat Ibrahim Pasha	Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 22 July 1601 – 4 October 1603	Succeeded by Yavuz Ali Pasha