Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha
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Müezzinzade Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pascha (born 1564 in Filibe in Ottoman Empire, today Plovdiv in Bulgaria; died 1632 in Istanbul) was an Ottoman Grand Vizier. Born as son of a Pomak Muezzin, he went to Istanbul in the age of 15 and was an employee in the Sultan´s palace for many years. From 1609 on he became Gouverneur of Damascus (Syria), Van, Erzurum, Baghdad (Iraq) and other anatolian wilayets.
Twice he was Grand Vizier:
- 1. rule: 28th of January 1625 - 1st of December 1626
- 2. rule: 25th of October 1631 - 10th of February 1632
Filibeli died during a revolt, when Yeni Ceri attempted to overthrow Sultan Murat IV.
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