The Kapudan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: کاپیتان پاشا, modern: Kaptan Paşa), formerly known as the Captain Pasha, was the admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire. A total of 161 captains served between the establishment of the post under Bayezid I and the establishment of the Ottoman Naval Ministry during the Tanzimat reforms.
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| Kapudan Pasha | Appointed | Vacated | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara Mürsel Bey | 1324 | |||
| Unknown | ||||
| Saruca Pasha | 1390 | Turk? | ||
| Çavlı Bey | 1412 | Turk? | ||
| Unknown | ||||
| Baltaoğlu Süleyman Bey | 1451 | 1453 | Bulgarian? | |
| Hamza Bey | 1453 | 1456 | Albanian | |
| Has Yunus Bey | 1456 | 1459 | ||
| Kasım Bey | 1459 | 1460 | ||
| Kadim İsmail Bey | 1461 | 1462 | Devşirme? | |
| Yakup Bey | 1462 | 1463 | Albanian | |
| Zagan Pasha | 1463 | 1466 | Greek or Serb; previously grand vizier | |
| Veli Mahmud Pasha | 1466 | 1478 | Serb>Devşirme; later grand vizier | |
| Gedik Ahmed Pasha | 1478 | 1480 | Albanian or Serb>Devşirme; invaded Mediterranean and seized Santa Maura, Kefalonia, and Zante; later grand vizier | |
| Mesih Pasha | 1480 | 1491 | Greek, converted member of the Palaiologoi; later grand vizier | |
| Güveği Sinan Pasha | 1491 | 1492 | Devşirme? | |
| Kara Nişancı Davud | 1492 | 1503 | Devşirme? | |
| Küçük Davud Pasha | 1503 | 1506 | ||
| Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha | 1506 | 1511 | Slav; later grand vizier | |
| İskender Ağa Pasha | 1511 | 1514 | Devşirme? | |
| Sinan Bey | 1514 | 1516 | Devşirme? | |
| Cafer Ağa Pasha | 1516 | 1520 | Devşirme? | |
| Parlak Mustafa Pasha | 1520 | 1522 | Bosniak | |
| Bayram Pasha | 1522 | |||
| Kurdoğlu Muslihiddin Reis | ||||
| Süleyman Pasha | 1531 | |||
| Kemankeş Ahmed Bey | 1531 | 1533 | Devşirme? | |
| Hayreddin Barbarossa | 1533 | 1546 | Turk; position of Kapudan Pasha raised to beylerbey, granted Eyalets of the Islands of the Mediterranean and Ottoman Algeria | |
| Sokollu Mehmed Pasha | 1546 | 1550 | Serb>Devşirme; invaded Libya; later grand vizier | |
| Sinan Pasha | 1550 | 1554 | Croat; supported Turgut Reis's western raids; later grand vizier | |
| Piyale Pasha | 1554 | 1568 | Croat; captured Corsica with the French in 1554, defeated Spanish at Piombino in 1555, raided Calabria, Salerno, Tuscany, Spain, and seized the Balearics in 1558, won crushing Battle of Djerba in 1560; captured Naples in 1563 | |
| Müezzinzade Ali Pasha | 1568 | 7 Oct 1571 | Effected conquest of Cyprus from Venice, but killed at Lepanto | |
| Kılıç Ali Paşa | 1571 | 21 Jun 1587 | Italian, born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni, known after conversion as Uluç and Uluç Ali Reis; rebuilt Turkish fleet, recaptured Tunis from Don Juan and ended War of Cyprus, raided Calabria and put down numerous revolts | |
| unknown | ||||
| unknown | ||||
| Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha | 1591 | 1595 | Italian, born Scipione Cicala; first term; later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha | 1599 | 1604 | second term; previously grand vizier | |
| Derviş Pasha | 1604 | Bosniak | ||
| unknown | ||||
| unknown | ||||
| unknown | ||||
| Cataldjali Hasan Pasha | 1625 | 1631 | ||
| unknown | ||||
| Gazi Hüseyin Pasha | 1632 | 1635 | Turk; later grand vizier | |
| Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha | 17 Oct 1635 | 24 Dec 1638 | Albanian, later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Gazi Hüseyin Pasha | 1639 | 1641 | Turk | |
| Yusuf Pasha | 164X | 164X | Dalmatian Slav; executed by Sultan | |
| Kara Musa Pasha | 1646 | 21 Sept 1647 | Bosniak; died at Kandiye during Cretan War before he could receive his promotion to grand vizier | |
| Kılavuz Köse Ali Pasha | 1647 | 1648 | ||
| Unknown | ||||
| Koca Dervish Mehmed Pasha | 1652 | 1652 | Circassian; later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Kara Murad Pasha | 1653 | 11 May 1655 | Albanian; effected the breakout First Battle of the Dardanelles during the Cretan War; prior and later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha | 1666 | 1670 | Turk; later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha | 1695 | 1701 | Turk or Aragonese; commanded at Andros in 1696 during the Morean War, attempted moderate reforms and published the Kannunname | |
| unknown | ||||
| Baltacı Mehmet Pasha | 1704 | 1704 | Turk; later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Kaymak Mustafa Pasha | 1721 | 1730 | Bosniak | |
| unknown | ||||
| Hacı Hüseyin Pasha | 1732 | 1732 | ||
| Koca Bekir Pasha | 1732 | 1733 | Turk; first term | |
| unknown | ||||
| Hacı Mehmed Pasha I | c. 1735. Turk? | |||
| unknown | ||||
| Râtip Ahmed Pasha | 1743 | 1744 | Turk | |
| unknown | ||||
| Koca Bekir Pasha | 1750 | 1753 | Turk; second term | |
| unknown | ||||
| Eğribozlu İbrahim Pasha | 1769 | Turk? | ||
| unknown | ||||
| Mandalzade Hüsameddin Pasha | 1770 | 1770 | Removed following the disastrous naval defeat at Chesma during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 | |
| Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha | 1770 | 1790 or 1789 |
Georgian; Dislodged Russians from Aegean, commanded forces during the Russo-Turkish Wars of 1768–1774 and 1787–1792; later grand vizier | |
| Koca Yusuf Pasha | 19 Dec 1789 | Georgian; former grand vizier | ||
| unknown | ||||
| Küçük Hüseyin Pasha | 11 Mar 1792 | 7 Dec 1803 | Georgian; commanded the Turkish invasion fleet of French-occupied Egypt | |
| Mehmed Kadri Pasha | 1803 | 1804 | ||
| Hafız İsmail Pasha | 1804 | 1805 | later grand vizier | |
| Hacı Salih Pasha | 1805 | 1805 | Turk; later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Hacı Mehmed Pasha II | 21 Nov 1806 | 1808 | Turk | |
| Seydi Ali Pasha | 1807 or 1808 |
1808 | Georgian | |
| Abdullah Ramiz Efendi | 1808 | 1808 | Crimean Tatar | |
| unknown | ||||
| Husrev Pasha | 1811 | 1818 | Abazin; later grand vizier | |
| unknown | ||||
| Deli Abdullah Pasha | 1821 | Turk later grand vizier | ||
| Nasuhzade Ali Pasha | 1821 | 7 Jun 1822 | Albanian; also known as Kara-Ali Pasha; commanded Turkish fleet during the Greek War of Independence: directed Massacre of Samothrace, killed by fireship directed by Constantine Kanaris following Massacre of Chios; ancestor of Turkish author Nasuh Mahruki | |
| Kara Mehemet | 1822 | |||
| Husrev Pasha | dec 1822 | end 1826 | ||
| unknown | ||||
| Çengeloğlu Tahir Mehmed Pasha | Nov 1832 | 1836 | Turk | |
| Ahmed Fevzi Pasha | 10 Nov 1836 | 1839 | Greek, defected to Egypt | |
| unknown | ||||
| Topal İzzet Pasha | 1840 | Reformer | ||
| unknown | ||||
| unknown | Loses administrative control of the Eyalet of the Islands c. 1848 | |||
| unknown | ||||
| Mahmud Pasha | 1853 | |||
| unknown | ||||
| unknown | 13 March 1867 | Office abolished |
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