Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha was the son of Nicholas Paul Dukagjini and Kiranna Arianiti Comnena.
Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha was one of the commanders who supported Selim in the Ottoman succession dispute.
[2] In his new position, he played an instrumental role in securing that Selim would be the next Sultan in 1512 and had an important impact in the military victory against Şehzade Ahmed (Selim's half-brother) the pretender to the Ottoman throne on 15 April 1513 in Yenişehir.
At the beginning of the campaign, Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha was at the head of the vanguard of 20,000 sipahi.
His son, Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha, was a governor in several regions including Egypt Eyalet.