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Gazi Hseyin Pasha or Deli Hseyin Pasha or Sar Hseyin Pasha or Baltaolu Hseyin Paa was an Ottoman military officer and statesman. He was governor of Egypt , Kapudan Pasha in the 1630s, and briefly Grand Vizier in 1656.

Hseyin was of Turkish origin and was born in Yeniehir near Bursa in northwest Anatolia. Other than that, little is known about his early days in Constantinople, the Ottoman capital. During the reign of Murat IV, he was a member of palace staff. The shah of Iran had sent Murat IV a prestigious gift, a bow which was reputed as being undrawable. Hseyin attracted attention when he easily drew the bow. After winning sultans appreciation, he was promoted to various posts chief stable man, governor of Silistria in , beylerbey of Egypt, beylerbey of Anatolia, Kapudan Pasha, etc. He participated in campaigns around Baghdad in modern Iraq and Yerevan . During the reign of Ibrahim I, he served in various European provinces as a governor, and in 1646, he became the governor of Chania, Crete .

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