Alaeddin Pasha () was the first Ottoman

grand vizier Grand vizier (; ; ) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. It was first held by officials in the later Abbasid Caliphate. It was then held in the Ottoman Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Soko ...

. His father's name was Kemaleddin (), and thus he was usually called ''Hacı Kemaleddin oğlu Alaeddin Pasha'' or ''Alaeddin bin Hacı Kemaleddin, ''meaning "son of Hacı Kemaleddin" He was probably from the town of Cendere, from where the famous

Çandarlı family The Çandarlı family (; ) was a prominent Turkish political family which provided the Ottoman Empire with five grand viziers during the 14th and 15th centuries. At the time, it was the second most important family after the Ottoman dynasty itse ...

also originated. He was a faqih (expert in Islamic law). He was appointed as the vizier during the last years of

Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi (; or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4) was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as a bey, beylik or emirate). While initially a small Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, h ...

's reign (probably in 1320). He continued during Orhan's Bey's reign. Since there was only one

vizier A vizier (; ; ) is a high-ranking political advisor or Minister (government), minister in the Near East. The Abbasids, Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was at first merely a help ...

in the

divan A divan or diwan (, ''dīvān''; from Sumerian ''dub'', clay tablet) was a high government ministry in various Islamic states, or its chief official (see ''dewan''). Etymology The word, recorded in English since 1586, meaning "Oriental cou ...

during the early years of the Ottoman beylik, his title was not actually grand vizier, but his post was equivalent to the post of the later grand viziers. Because of this, he is known as the first grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He founded the first standing army for the Ottoman sultan, which would later on become the

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. The new corps wore white caps in contrast to earlier red-cap Turkmen soldiers. Alaeddin's service as grand vizier ended before 1333.Halil İnalcık:Kuruluş Dönemi OsmanlI Sultanları, İstanbul, ISAM, p.24, 71-72 Some sources claim that Alaeddin Pasha was Orhan's brother.Lord Kinross:Ottoman centuries (translated by Meral Gaspıralı), İstanbul, Altın Kitaplar, p.26 Although Orhan had a brother named

Alaeddin Pasha Alaeddin Erden Ali Pasha (Söğüt, – Bursa, 1331), was the son of Osman I, first Ottoman ruler, and the half-brother of Orhan I, who succeeded their father in the leadership of the Ottoman Empire. His mother was Rabia Bala Hatun, daughter of ...

, brother Alaeddin and vizier Alaeddin are usually not believed to be the same person.

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