Sulayman Pasha al-Azm

Sulayman Pasha al-Azm
Governor of Damascus
In office
1741–1743
MonarchMahmud I
Preceded byAbdi Pashazade Ali Pasha
Succeeded byAs'ad Pasha al-Azm
In office
1734–1738
Preceded byAbdullah Pasha al-Aydinli
Succeeded byHusayn Pasha al-Bustanji
Governor of Egypt
In office
1739–1740
MonarchMahmud I
Preceded byEbubekir Pasha
Succeeded byHekimoğlu Ali Pasha
Governor of Sidon
In office
1728–1730
MonarchsAhmed III
Mahmud I
Preceded byKöprülü Abdullah Pasha
Succeeded byAhmad Pasha Abu Tawq
Governor of Tripoli
In office
1725–1727
MonarchAhmed III
Preceded byIsmail Pasha al-Azm
Personal details
DiedAugust 1743
Lubya, Sidon Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
NationalityOttoman
RelationsAl-Azm family
Ismail Pasha al-Azm (brother)

Sulayman Pasha al-Azm (Arabic: سليمان باشا العظم; Turkish: Azmzâde Süleyman Paşa; died August 1743) was the governor of Sidon Eyalet (1727–33), Damascus Eyalet (1733–38, 1741–43), and Egypt Eyalet (1739–40) under the Ottoman Empire.[1][2] He belonged to the prominent Al-Azm family and was the uncle of As'ad Pasha al-Azm, who succeeded him as governor of Damascus, and Sa'deddin Pasha al-Azm, who also served as governor of Egypt.

  1. ^ Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.), Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, p. 1546, ISBN 9789753330411
  2. ^ 'Abd al-Rahman Jabarti; Thomas Philipp; Moshe Perlmann (1994). Abd Al-Rahmann Al-Jabarti's History of Egypt. Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. p. 246.