Pasha of Tripoli explained

Pasha of Tripoli was a title that was held by many rulers of Tripoli in Ottoman Tripolitania. The Ottoman Empire ruled the territory for most time from the Siege of Tripoli in 1551 until the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, at the onset of the Italo-Turkish War.

List

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Tripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)
15 August 1551 to 1556Murad Agha, Beylerbey
1556 to 23 June 1565Turgut (Dragut) Reis, BeylerbeyDied during the Great Siege of Malta
July 1565 to 27 June 1568Kiliç Ali Pasha, Beylerbey
27 June 1568 to 28 March 1571Yahya Pasha, Beylerbey
28 March 1571 to 1572Cafer Pasha, Beylerbey
1572 to 1574Mustafa Pasha, Beylerbey
1574 to 5 July 1577Haydar Pasha, Beylerbey1st time
5 July 1577 to 1578Hasan Pasha, Beylerbey
1578 to 1584Haydar Pasha, Beylerbey2nd time
1584 to 1585Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey1st time
1585 to 1589Ramazan Pasha, Beylerbey
1589Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey2nd time
1589 to October 1590Istanköylü Ahmed Pasha, Beylerbey
October 1590 to 1595Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey3rd time
1595 to December 1603Memi Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey
December 1603 to 1614Safer Dey, Beylerbey
1614 to 1626Sherif Pasha, Beylerbey
1626Ramazan Dey, Beylerbey
1626 to January 1631Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey
January 1631 to 29 April 1672Sakizli Osman Pasha, BeylerbeyLongest-serving Ottoman governor of Tripolitania
29 April 1672 to July 1672Osman Reis as-Suhali, Beylerbey
July 1672 to May 1675Bali Çavush, Beylerbey
18 May 1675 to January 1677Misirliohlu Ibrahim Pasha, Beylerbey
January 1677Inebolulu Ibrahim Çelebi, Beylerbey
January 1677 to April 1677Istanköylü Büyük Mustafa, Beylerbey
April 1677 to 1678Baba Osman, Beylerbey
1678 to 1682Ak Mehmed Timur, Beylerbey
1682 to 21 June 1682Abaza Hüseyin, Beylerbey
21 June 1682 to 1683Cezayirli Abdullah, Beylerbey
1683Terzi Ibrahim, Beylerbey
1683 to October 1687Halil Pasha, Beylerbey
October 1687 to 1689Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey1st time
1689 to 3 February 1695Bosnak Ismail Pasha, Beylerbey
3 February 1695 to 1 August 1700Destari Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey2nd time
1 August 1700 to 20 November 1700Turgutlulu Kahveci Osman, Beylerbey
20 November 1700 to December 1702Gelibolulu Haci Mustafa, Beylerbey
December 1702 to 23 November 1710Halil Pasha, Beylerbey
23 November 1710 to 20 January 1711Ismail Hoça, Beylerbey
20 January 1711 to 4 July 1711Mehmed Hüseyin Çavush, Beylerbey
4 July 1711 to 29 July 1711Abu Umays Mahmud, Beylerbey
Tripoli Regency (Karamanli dynasty)
29 July 1711 to 2 November 1745Ahmad I Pasha (Sidi Hamid Qaramanli Quluglu), Sultan
2 November 1745 to 24 July 1754Mehmed Pasha, Sultan
24 July 1754 to 30 July 1793Ali I Pasha, Sultan
30 July 1793 to November 1794Seydi Ali (II) Pasha, SultanUsurper
November 1794 to 24 January 1796Ahmad II Bey, Sultan
24 January 1796 to 5 August 1832Yusuf Pasha, Sultan
1817Mehmed, SultanIn rebellion, 1st time
1824Mehmed ibn `Ali, SultanIn rebellion, 1st time
1826Mehmed, SultanIn rebellion, 2nd time
July 1832Mehmed, SultanIn rebellion, 3rd time
1835Mehmed ibn `Ali, SultanIn rebellion, 2nd time
5 August 1832 to 26 May 1835Ali II Pasha, Sultan
Tripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)
26 May 1835 to 7 September 1835Mustafa Negib Pasha, WaliGovernor
7 September 1835 to 6 May 1837Mahmud Raif Pasha, WaliGovernor
6 May 1837 to 5 September 1838Çeshmeli Hasan Pasha, WaliGovernor
5 September 1838 to 15 July 1842Ali Asker Pasha, WaliGovernor
15 July 1842 to 22 April 1847Mehmed Emin Pasha, WaliGovernor
22 April 1847 to 13 September 1849Ragib Pasha, WaliGovernor
13 September 1849 to 16 September 1852Izzet Ahmed Pasha, WaliGovernor
16 September 1852 to 1 November 1855Mustafa Nuri Pasha, WaliGovernor
1 November 1855 to 1 October 1857Osman Pasha, WaliGovernor
1 October 1857 to 4 August 1860Ahmed Izzet Pasha, WaliGovernor, 1st time
4 August 1860 to 18 June 1867Mahmud Nedim Pasha, WaliGovernor
June 1867 to July 1867Hassan Pasha, acting Waliacting Governor
July 1867 to May 1870Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha, WaliGovernor, 1st time
May 1870 to June 1870Mustafa Pasha, acting Waliacting Governor
June 1870 to September 1871Mehmed Halet Pasha, WaliGovernor
September 1871 to April 1872Bostancibahizade Mehmed Rashid Pasha, WaliGovernor
April 1872 to 6 June 1873Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha, WaliGovernor, 2nd time
6 June 1873 to November 1874Hasan Samih Pasha, WaliGovernor
November 1874 to February 1875Mustafa Asim Pasha, WaliGovernor
February 1875 to August 1877Mustafa Sidki Pasha, WaliGovernor
1877Mehmed Çelaleddin Pasha, WaliGovernor
December 1877 to February 1878Söylemezoglu Ali Kemali, WaliGovernor
February 1878 to July 1879Mehmed Sabri Pasha, WaliGovernor
July 1879 to May 1880Ahmed Izzet Pasha, WaliGovernor, 2nd time
May 1880 to October 1881Mehmed Nazif Pasha, WaliGovernor
October 1881 to June 1896Ahmed Rasim Pasha, WaliGovernor
June 1896 to March 1899Nemik Bey, WaliGovernor
March 1899 to July 1900Haçim Bey, WaliGovernor
July 1900 to December 1903Hafiz Mehmed Pasha, WaliGovernor
December 1903 to May 1904Hasan Husni Pasha (Hüseyin Effendi), WaliGovernor
May 1904 to August 1904Abderrahman Bey, acting Waliacting Governor
August 1904 to August 1908Recep Pasha, WaliGovernor
December 1908 to August 1909Ahmed Favzi Pasha, WaliGovernor
August 1909 to August 1910Hüseyin Husni Pasha, WaliGovernor
August 1910 to 1911Ibrahim Pasha, acting Waliacting Governor
1911Bekir Samih Bey, WaliGovernor, did not take office
1911 to 5 October 1911Besim Bey, acting Waliacting Governor
1911 to 15 January 1913Neshet Bey, WaliGovernor
1913 to 1915...., WaliGovernor, in exile
1915 to 1917Osman Bey, WaliGovernor, in exile
1917 to 1918Nuri Bey, WaliGovernor, in exile
1918Ishaq Bey, WaliGovernor, in exile
April 1918 to 16 November 1918Osman Fuad Pasha, WaliGovernor, in exile

For continuation after Italian conquest, see: List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania and List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica

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