Damat Halil Pasha

Halil
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
1 December 1626 – 6 April 1628
MonarchMurad IV
Preceded byHafız Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded byGazi Hüsrev Pasha
In office
17 November 1616 – 18 January 1619
MonarchsAhmed I
Mustafa I
Osman II
Preceded byÖküz Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded byÖküz Mehmed Pasha
Personal details
Bornc. 1570
Died1629
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman Armenian
SpouseBeyhan Sultan
ChildrenSultanzade Mahmud Bey
Sultanzade Ebubekir Bey
Military service
Allegiance Ottoman Empire
Battles/warsRaid of Żejtun

Damat Halil Pasha (died 1629, Istanbul), also known as Khalil Pasha, was an Ottoman Armenian statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1616–1619 and 1626–1628.[1] He also served in the Ottoman Navy, and led a number of attacks including the Raid of Żejtun in Malta in 1614.[2]

  1. ^ İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971 (Turkish)
  2. ^ Spiteri, Stephen C. (2013). "In Defence of the Coast (I) - The Bastioned Towers". Arx - International Journal of Military Architecture and Fortification (3): 42–43. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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