Kapudan Pasha
Kapudan Pasha ( Ottoman قپودان پاشا; alsoکاپیتان پاشا Kaptanpaşa 'Captain Pasha',قپودان دریا Kapudan-ı Deryâ orکاپیتان دریا Kaptan-ı Deryâ 'sea captain ') was the highest military rank in the Ottoman Navy . The title is only documented from 1567. Previously, the supreme fleet commander carried the title Derya Bey (= sea bey ) or Reis Kapudan (= captain leader ).
The Kapudan Pasha was usually a pasha of two or three horse tails and a member of the Sultan's State Council and acted both as Commander in Chief and Minister of the Navy and at the same time as Governor of several maritime provinces ( Vilâyet Cezayir ), including in particular the islands of Rhodes and Crete and from 1570 until 1703 also Cyprus . While in winter he was mainly in the naval arsenals of Galata and Gelibolu , in the summer months he was on the move between the maritime provinces and fulfilled his duties as governor. During his absence from the base, Tersane Emini (= administrator of the naval arsenal ; also Tersane-i Amire Emini = administrator of the imperial naval arsenal ), his adjutant .
One of the most famous Kapudan Pashas was Chair ad-Din Barbarossa (1534–1546), the conqueror of Algiers and Tunis, a corsair feared in the West and celebrated in the Ottoman Empire. Another was Piyale Pascha , who commanded the Ottoman fleet during the siege of Malta in 1565 and conquered Cyprus together with Lala Kara Mustafa Pascha in 1570/71.
Another was Ali Pasha , who died in the battle of Lepanto in 1571.
Cezayirli Gazi Hassan Pascha served as Kapudan Pascha between 1774 and 1789. He modernized the fleet during this time.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The Kapudan or Kaputan Pasha . In: Brockhaus Conversations-Lexikon , 1809
- ↑ Kapūdan-Pasha . In: Brockhaus Bilder-Conversations-Lexikon . 1st edition. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1837-1841, p. 549 .