• Source: List of Kapudan Pashas

The Kapudan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: قپودان پاشا, Modern Turkish: Kaptan Paşa), also known in Turkish as Kaptan-ı Derya ("Captain of the Seas"), was the commander-in-chief of the navy of the Ottoman Empire. Around 160 captains served between the establishment of the post under Bayezid I and the office's replacement by the more modern Ottoman Ministry of the Navy (Bahriye Nazırlığı) during the Tanzimat reforms.
The title of Kapudan Pasha itself is only attested from 1567 onwards; earlier designations for the supreme commander of the fleet include derya begi ("beg of the sea") and re'is kapudan ("head captain").




See also


List of Fleet Commanders of the Ottoman Navy, for the Kapudan Pasha's replacements after 1877
List of Ottoman admirals, for Turkish commanders beneath the rank of the Kapudan Pashas




Sources

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• List of Kapudan Pashas
• Kapudan Pasha
• Eyalet of the Archipelago
• Ibrahim Pasha
• List of admirals in the Ottoman Empire
• Müezzinzade Ali Pasha
• Kara Murat Pasha
• Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha
• Ottoman dynasty
• Seydi Ali Pasha