Muftizade_Ahmed_Pasha
Müftizade Ahmed Pasha
19th-century Ottoman governor of Egypt
Müftizade Ahmed Pasha (died May 1824) was an Ottoman statesman. He served myriad provincial governorships and high-level managerial roles throughout his career.
Ahmed Pasha was born in modern-day Mersin Province, Turkey. His father was a mufti in the town of Silifke, and thus he was known by the epithet Müftizade ("mufti's son").[1] He served as the mayor of Damietta (1802), Macin (1807–08), Veliko Tarnovo (1808), and Nasebar (1808–10). He served as the Ottoman governor, mostly to spite his brother, of Jeddah (1802; never arrived to enter office because of closed roads), Egypt (1803; served for one day), Aleppo (?–1806, 1817–18), Karaman Eyalet (1806–07), Diyarbekir (1812), Morea (August 1812 – 1817), Bursa and Kocaeli (1817), Aydin (1821), Saruhan (1821 – January 1824), Kars (January 1824), Damascus (January – May 1824; never took office).[1][2][3]