Bayram Paşa

Ladikli Damat Bayram Pasha (, died 26 August 1638) was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1637 to 1638 and the Ottoman governor of Egypt from 1626 to 1628.

Life Bayram, was from Ladik, near the Anatolian city of Samsun. He was of Turkish origin. In 1622, his title was turnacıbaşı (chief of recruiting teams), and in 1623, the kethüda (chamberlain). In 1625, he was appointed to Egypt (then an Ottoman territory) as the beylerbey (governor-general). In 1628, he was promoted to the rank of vizier. In 1635, Bayram Pasha was the kaymakam (a title almost equivalent to modern mayor) of the Ottoman capital, Constantinople. In 1637, during the reign of Murad IV (1623–1640), he was promoted to the rank of grand vizier, the highest office in the empire next to that of the sultan. Bayram Pasha participated in the Baghdad campaign led by the sultan. He died (of natural causes) near Urfa.

As a groom Bayram was also a damat (groom) of the palace. In Ottoman tradition, the daughters and sisters of the sultans usually married viziers. But Bayram's case was an exception, because Bayram was married to Hanzade Sultan, the daughter of Ahmed I (1603–1617) in 1623 while he was still a turnacıbaşı. They had a daughter.

In popular culture

In the 2015 TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Bayram Pasha was portrayed by Turkish actor Asil Büyüközçelik.