Hatibzade Yahya Pasha

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Hatibzade Yahya Pasha (known by contemporaries as just Yahya Pasha; died August 1755) was an

Vidin (1753–54), Ioannina (1755), and Trikala (1755).[1][2]

While Yahya Pasha was governor of

Austro-Russian–Turkish War, taking him prisoner.[3] He was freed in 1740.[1]

He was the son-in-law of

grand vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha, who also served as his predecessor as governor of Egypt. Later, he married Saliha Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Ahmed III.[1][2] He had a fountain built in Istanbul bearing his name (Turkish: Hatipzâde Yahya Paşa Çeşmesi).[1] His epithet, Hatibzade, means "son of a preacher" in Turkish
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Political offices
Preceded by Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1741–1743
Succeeded by