Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
OTTOMAN CORSAIR, BEY, KAPUDAN PASHA OF THE OTTOMAN NAVY
Mezzo Morto; Mezzo Morto Huseyin Pasha; Mezzo Morto Hueseyin Pasha; Mezzo Morto Hüseyin
Hussein Mezzomorto (; died 1701) or Hajji Husain Mezzomorto () was an Ottoman privateer, bey (governor), and finally Grand Admiral (Kapudan Pasha) of the Ottoman Navy. His epithet mezzomorto is the Italian for "half-dead" and was acquired during a fight with the Spaniards,Orhonlu, C.