Güzelce Ali Pasha

Güzelce
Ali
Tomb of Güzelce Ali Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
23 December 1619 – 9 March 1621
MonarchOsman II
Preceded byÖküz Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded byOhrili Hüseyin Pasha
Personal details
Born
Died(1621-03-09)9 March 1621
Spouse
(m. 1616)
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Güzelce Ali Pasha (Ali Pasha the Handsome; died 9 March 1621), also known as Çelebi Ali Pasha or İstanköylü Ali Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman and military figure. He was Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy) around 1617 and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1619 to 1621.

He was the son of İstanköylü Ahmed Pasha, an Ottoman governor of Tunis.

In 1616, he married Fatma Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Mehmed III and his consort Handan Hatun.

Güzelce Ali Pasha died of inflammation of the gallbladder on 9 March 1621, although there were rumours that Sultan Osman II himself had crept into Ali's tent and strangled him with his own hands due to an ill-advised military campaign on the Polish borderlands. He was of Turk origin.