Ağa Yusuf Pasha (Yusuf Pasha the Agha), also known asGürcü Yusuf Pasha (Yusuf Pasha the Georgian), was an 18th-centuryOttoman military leader andGrand vizier.

Yusuf Pasha was ofGeorgian origin and adevshirme. In 1710, he was appointedAgha of the Janissaries, commander of theJanissary corps. As a military leader, he became successful during thePruth River Campaign (1710–1711). By theTreaty of Pruth (1711),Peter the Great of theRussian Empire agreed to provide a free passage for KingCharles XII of Sweden to return to his country. The next year, Ağa Yusuf Pasha was appointed grand vizier. However, although a component commander, he lacked the skill of a statesman. When Peter the Great refused to allow a free passage for Charles XII,Ottoman SultanAhmed III (r. 1703–1730) decided to declare war on Russia. But Ağa Yusuf Pasha persuaded the Sultan to give up the idea believing that Peter the Great would finally follow the terms of the treaty. However, the Russian Tsar was still reluctant, and the angered Sultan dismissed Ağa Yusuf Pasha from his post as grand vizier on 11 November 1712. Although he was exiled to the island ofRhodes, soon he was executed.^[1]

• Georgians from the Ottoman Empire
• Devshirme
• Converts to Sunni Islam from Eastern Orthodoxy
• 18th-century Ottoman military personnel
• Pashas
• 18th-century grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire
• Exiles from the Ottoman Empire
• 18th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire
• 18th-century slaves in the Ottoman Empire

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