Zagan Pasha

Lala Zaganos Pasha
Resting place of Zagan Pasha
12th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 1 June 1453 – 1456
Monarch	Mehmed II
Preceded by	Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger
Succeeded by	Mahmud Pasha Angelovic
Kapudan Pasha
In office 1463–1466
Preceded by	Yakup Bey
Succeeded by	Mahmud Pasha Angelovic
Personal details
Born	c. 1426
Died	1469(1469-00-00) (aged 42–43) Balıkesir, Ottoman Empire (modern Turkey)
Nationality	Ottoman
Spouse(s)	Sitti Nefise Hatun Fatma Hatun Anna Hatun
Children	First marriage Mehmed Bey Ali Çelebi Hatice Hatun Selçuk Hatun Second marriage Hamza Bey Ahmed Çelebi
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Branch/service	Ottoman Navy Ottoman Army
Rank	Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral; 1463–1466)
Battles/wars	Fall of Constantinople Siege of Belgrade (1456) Ottoman conquest of the Morea

Zaganos or Zagan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: زاغنوس پاشا, Turkish: Zağanos Paşa, Albanian: Zognush Pasha; c. 1426 – 1469) was an Albanian Ottoman military commander, with the titles and ranks of kapudan pasha and the highest military rank, grand vizier, during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror". Originally a Christian, who was conscripted and converted through the devşirme system, he became a Muslim and rose through the ranks of the janissaries. He became one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmed II and a lala – the sultan's advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, all at once. He removed his rival, the previous Grand Vizier Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, amid the fall of Constantinople. He later served as the governor of Thessaly of Macedonia.