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Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf | |
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| 4thGrand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office 1349 – September 1364 | |
| Monarchs | Orhan Murad I |
| Preceded by | Hacı Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder |
| Personal details | |
| Died | September 1364 (1364-10) |
Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha (Ottoman Turkish:سنان الدین فقیہ یوسف پاشا) was anOttoman statesman. He was fourthgrand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1349 to 1364.[1] He served as the last grand vizier of SultanOrhan and the first grand vizier of SultanMurad I.
A 1360 inscription by sultan Orhan mentions Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf and notes that he was the son of a man named Muslihuddin Musa and the grandson of a man named Mecdüddin İsa. It is also understood from this inscription that he was anAhi who served as Ottoman bureaucrats.
After his death (and the end of his term), the formerkazaskerÇandarlı Halil Pasha the Elder became grand vizier, beginning the "Çandarlı era" of the Ottoman Empire, where the prominentÇandarlı family supplied several generations of grand viziers and held great political power.
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| Preceded by | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1349–1364 | Succeeded by |