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Kaptan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish may refer to:* Ottoman Turkish language* Ottoman Turks* Ottoman Empire...
: ??????? ???? Kaptan Pasha) or ??????? ???? Kaptan-i Derya (literally Captain of the Sea) were the titles given to the chief commander of the navy
Ottoman Navy

The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century. During its long existence it was involved in many conflicts; refer to list of Ottoman sieges and landings and list of Admirals in the Ottoman Empire for a brief chronology....
 in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
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The title Kaptan-i Derya was first granted during the reign of Bayezid I
Bayezid I

Bayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, then R?m, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I who was of Turkish people origin and Valide Sultan Gulcicek Hatun or G?l?i?ek Hatun who was of ethnic Greek people descent....
 (the Thunderbolt) as an official rank within the state structure. Starting with the reign of Mehmed II
Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he Fall of Constantinople, bringing an end to the medieval Byzantine Empire....
 (the Conqueror), holders of the rank were accorded the status of vizier
Vizier

A Vizier , is a term for a high-ranking political advisor or minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, or Sultan. It sometimes refers to ministers and advisors of the Persian Empire's Shahs....
s and held the title of Pasha
Pasha

Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals....
, thus they were more often called Kaptan Pasha.






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Kaptan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish
Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish may refer to:* Ottoman Turkish language* Ottoman Turks* Ottoman Empire...
: ??????? ???? Kaptan Pasha) or ??????? ???? Kaptan-i Derya (literally Captain of the Sea) were the titles given to the chief commander of the navy
Ottoman Navy

The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century. During its long existence it was involved in many conflicts; refer to list of Ottoman sieges and landings and list of Admirals in the Ottoman Empire for a brief chronology....
 in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
.

The title Kaptan-i Derya was first granted during the reign of Bayezid I
Bayezid I

Bayezid I was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, then R?m, from 1389 to 1402. He was the son of Murad I who was of Turkish people origin and Valide Sultan Gulcicek Hatun or G?l?i?ek Hatun who was of ethnic Greek people descent....
 (the Thunderbolt) as an official rank within the state structure. Starting with the reign of Mehmed II
Mehmed II

Mehmed II , was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to September 1446, and later from February 1451 to 1481. At the age of 21, he Fall of Constantinople, bringing an end to the medieval Byzantine Empire....
 (the Conqueror), holders of the rank were accorded the status of vizier
Vizier

A Vizier , is a term for a high-ranking political advisor or minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, or Sultan. It sometimes refers to ministers and advisors of the Persian Empire's Shahs....
s and held the title of Pasha
Pasha

Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals....
, thus they were more often called Kaptan Pasha. A total of 161 Kaptan-i Derya/Kaptan Pasha served in the vizieral office until 1867 when an Ottoman Naval Ministry was founded. The supreme commanders of the Ottoman Navy that followed were thus ministers (Bahriye Naziri), until a further re-structuring in 1897.

Some famous Kaptan-i Derya include:
  • Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha
  • Piyale Pasha
    Piyale Pasha

    Piyale Pasha , also known as Piale Pasha in the West or Pial? Baj? in Spain; ), was an Ottoman Empire admiral between 1553 and 1567 and an Ottoman Vizier after 1568....
  • Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha
    Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha

    Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha , was an Ottoman Empire vizier, Kaptan Pasha and an army commander of the late 18th century.He is probably of balkan or Caucasus descent, since he is known to have been bought as a slave in eastern Turkey by a Turkic peoples merchant of Tekirdag, who raised him in that city considering him on a par with his o...
  • Sinan Pasha
    Sinan Pasha (Ottoman admiral)

    Sinan?ddin Yusuf Pasha or shortly Sinan Pasha, was a Kaptan Pasha of the Ottoman Empire Navy for nearly four years between 1550 and the end of 1553, during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent....
  • Müezzinzade Ali Pasha
  • Uluç or Kiliç Ali Pasha
  • Koca Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha
    Koca Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha

    Koca Mehmed H?srev Pasa was an Ottoman Empire admiral and statesman who reached the top position of Grand Vizier rather late in his career, between 2 July 1839 and 8 June 1840 during the reign of Abd?lmecid, but who occupied key administrative roles in three different aspects, namely the fight against regional warlords, the reformation of th...


See also

  • List of Ottoman Kaptan Pashas
    List of Ottoman Kaptan Pashas

    Below is the list of Ottoman Empire Kaptan Pashas between 1401 and 1867.| align="center" style="background:#ccccff" |Ottoman Empire Kaptan Pashas...
  • Ottoman Navy
    Ottoman Navy

    The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century. During its long existence it was involved in many conflicts; refer to list of Ottoman sieges and landings and list of Admirals in the Ottoman Empire for a brief chronology....
  • Ottoman titles
    Ottoman titles

    There were many titles of nobility in the Ottoman Empire, but as in many oriental traditions nobility was generally not hereditary as in the west, except for the ruling house, but rather conferred by office, with limited rights for one or more following generations....
  • Captain (naval)
    Captain (naval)

    Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navy to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The Naval officer ranks#NATO Rank Codes is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
  • Pasha
    Pasha

    Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system, typically granted to governors and generals....


External links

  • by the Turkish Naval Forces