As'ad Pasha al-Azm أسعد باشا العظم | |
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Wali of Damascus | |
In office 1743–1757 | |
Monarchs | Mahmud I Osman III |
Preceded by | Sulayman Pasha al-Azm |
Succeeded by | Husayn Pasha ibn Makki |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1706 Maarrat al-Nu'man, Ottoman Syria |
Died | March 1758 Mediterranean Sea |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Relations | Al-Azm family |
Children | Muhammad Pasha al-Azm |
Parent | Ismail Pasha al-Azm (father) |
As'ad Pasha al-Azm (Arabic: أسعد باشا العظم ʾAsʿad Bāšā l-ʿAẓm; c. 1706 – March 1758) was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1743 to his deposition in 1757. He was responsible for the construction of several architectural works in the city and other places in Syria.[1]