Sixteenth-century Pashas of Buda

It is difficult to come across a list of the Pashas of Buda, and I have yet to find one in English. Below you will find a list of the Pashas of Buda during the sixteenth century.¹ Frequent changes in power were necessitated by political instability, assassinations, and a need for military prowess. As you will see, many Pashas served multiple times.

1. Suleyman Pasha – 1542

2. Little Ali Pasha – 1542-1543

3. Yahya Pashazade Mehmed Pasha – 1543-1548

4. Kasim Pasha – 1548-1551, 1557-1558

5. Hadim Ali Pasha – 1551, 1556-1557

6. Toygun Pasha – 1553, 1558-1559

7. Haci Muhammad Pasha – 1557

8. Güzelce Rüstem Pasha – 1559-1563

9. Zal Mahmud Pasha – 1563-1564

10. Iskender Pasha – 1564-1565

11. Arslan Pasha – 1565-1566

12. Sokollu Mustafa Pasha – 1566-1578

13. Kara Oveys Pasha – 1578-1580

14. Kalaylikoz Ali Pasha – 1580-1583, 1586-1587

15. Frenk (Hassan) Jusuf Pasha – 1583-1586, 1587-1588

16. Ferhad Pasha – 1588-1590

17. Sufi Sinan Pasha – 1590-1592, 1595

18. Muhammed Son of Sinan Pasha – 1592-1593, 1594-1595

19. Hasan Son of Muhammed Pasha – 1593-1594

20. Mihaliclu Ahmed Pasha – 1595, 1596, 1597-1598

21. Ali Pasha 1596-1597

22. Div Suleyman Pasha 1598-1599

23. Lala Mehmed Pasha 1599-1600

1For the earliest iteration of this list see Gévay, Antal. A Budai Pasák. Vienna: Strauss, 1841 (available on Google Books for free).