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Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha
Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and admiral, born a son of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, Herceg of Saint Sava. Taken to the Ottoman court as a youth, he converted to Islam and married a daughter of Sultan Bayezid II. He served five times as grand vizier under Bayezid II and Selim I, and commanded in campaigns against the Mamluks.
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