Lütfi Pasha
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An engraving of Lütfi Pasha by Johann Theodor de Bry, 1590s | |
| 30th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 13 July 1539 – April 1541 | |
| Monarch | Suleiman I |
| Preceded by | Ayas Mehmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Hadım Suleiman Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1488 Vlora, Albania |
| Died | 27 March 1564 (aged 75-76) Didymoteicho (modern Greece) |
| Nationality | Ottoman-Albanian |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Esmehan Hanımsultan Sultanzade Ahmed Bey Sultanzade Abdi Bey Sultanzade Mahmud Bey |
Lütfi Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: لطفى پاشا, Luṭfī Paşa; Modern Turkish: Lütfi Paşa, more fully Damat Çelebi Lütfi Paşa; c. 1488 – 27 March 1564, Didymoteicho) was an Ottoman Albanian statesman, general, and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire under Suleiman the Magnificent from 1539 to 1541. He wrote 21 works mainly on religious topics but also on history, 13 of them written in Arabic and eight in Turkish. Two of his works are the Asafname, a kind of mirror for ministers, and the Tevâriḫ-i Âl-i ‘Os̱mân, dealing with Ottoman history and including his own experiences in the reign of the sultans Bayezid II, Selim I and Suleyman I.