Hadım Suleiman Pasha (governor of Rumelia)

Hadım Suleiman Pasha (Turkish: Hadım Süleyman Paşa; fl. 1474–1490), also known as Suleiman Pasha al-Khadim, was an Ottoman statesman and general, who served as the governor (beylerbey) of the Rumelia Eyalet (fl. 1474) and the Anatolia Eyalet. He was later a governor of the Sanjak of Amasya (1482–90) and the Sanjak of Smederevo (1490–?). He served during the reign of Mehmed II. His epithet hadım means "eunuch" in Arabic, also used in old Osmanli language. He also led a huge

For the 16th-century Ottoman grand vizier, see Hadım Suleiman Pasha.
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