Üveys Pasha (1512–1547) was an Ottoman governor, and an illegitimate son of Selim I.
According to the 16th century Ottoman historian Ali Mustafa Efendi, that Selim had a son born from an unnamed concubine during his early years, who was Üveys Pasha, and that his son Suleiman the Magnificent was also aware of this.
In Ottoman tradition, such girls were matched to a bey or to a well-to-do man.
[2] Selim looked after his son and Üveys soon became a high-ranking bureaucrat of the empire.
(This principle was similar to Byzantine tradition of Porphyrogenitos) [2] Suleiman I ascended to throne and he was careful to keep Üveys at the far reaches of his vast empire.