Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha (Albanian: Ohrili Hysein Pasha; died 20 May 1622) was an Ottoman nobleman, military figure and statesman. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1621. He was an ethnic Albanian from the city of Ohrid (today in North Macedonia). His father was a Timariot Sipahi and as a child he grew up in the Bostancı neighbourhood. In 1617 he participated in the Ottoman-Safavid War (1616-1618) and became appointed as a Janissary commander.
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