Emir Mehmed Pasha Explained

Seyyid Emir Mehmed Pasha (tr|Şerif/Seyyid/Emir Mehmed Paşa), known by the epithet "al-Sharif" among his Arab subjects, was an Ottoman statesman who served as defterdar^[1] (finance minister) (1589–1593, 1595), Ottoman governor of Egypt (1596–1598),^{[2] [3] [4]} and Ottoman governor of Damascus (1599–1600).

He was a descendant of Hussein ibn Ali, earning him the epithet "sayyid." While he was the governor of Egypt (with the title beylerbey, often known as viceroy), he was reportedly a frequent visitor of the Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo. In 1599, he became a vizier.

See also

• List of Ottoman ministers of finance
• List of Ottoman governors of Egypt
• List of Ottoman governors of Damascus

References

• Süreyya, Bey M, Nuri Akbayar, and Seyit A. Kahraman. Sicill-i Osmanî. Beşiktaş, İstanbul: Kültür Bakanlığı ile Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'nın ortak yayınıdır, 1996. Print.

Notes and References

1. Book: Mehmet Süreyya Bey. Sicill-i Osmanî. 6. 1996. Kültür Bakanlığı ile Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'nın ortak yayınıdır. 978-975-333-044-2. ii, 1687.
2. Book: Michael Winter. Egyptian Society Under Ottoman Rule, 1517–1798. 14 January 2004. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-203-16923-0. 34.
3. Book: Yılmaz Öztuna. Başlangıcından zamanımıza kadar büyük Türkiye tarihi: Türkiye'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. 1979. Ötüken Yayınevi. 51.
4. Book: İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı. Osmanli devletinin saray teşkilâti. 1945. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. 390.