Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: اوزدمیر اوغلی عثمان پاشا, lit.
'Osman Pasha, the son of Özdemir'; 1526 – 29 October 1585) was an Ottoman statesman and military commander who also held the office of grand vizier for one year.
After the Ottoman naval expeditions in the Indian Ocean, he was appointed as the beylerbey (governor-general) of Habesh Eyalet (the coastal strip of Eritrea and Sudan).
Osman was born in 1526 in Cairo, a part of Egypt Eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire.
[7] On 28 July 1584, he was promoted to be the grand vizier, also keeping the title of high commander of the army (Turkish: serdar).