Hafız Ahmed Paşa

Hafiz Ahmed Pasha (1564, Plovdiv, Ottoman Empire – 10 February 1632, Constantinople), also known by the epithet Muezzinzade ("muezzin's son"), was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier twice.

He was born as the son of a Pomak muezzin. He went to Constantinople at the age of 15. He was an employee in the sultan's palace for many years. From 1609 on, he became Governor of Damascus (Damascus), Van (Turkey), Erzurum (Turkey), Baghdad (Ottoman Iraq), and other Anatolian eyalets. He married Ayşe Sultan, a daughter of Ahmed I and Kösem Sultan, on 13 March 1626. With her, he had two sons, Sultanzade Mustafa Bey and Sultanzade Fülan Bey. He was killed in office during a revolt on 10 February 1632, when the Janissaries attempted to overthrow Sultan Murad IV.