As'ad Pasha al-Azm

As'ad Pasha al-Azm
أسعد باشا العظم
Wali of Damascus
In office
1743–1757
MonarchsMahmud I
Osman III
Preceded bySulayman Pasha al-Azm
Succeeded byHusayn Pasha ibn Makki
Personal details
Bornc. 1706
Maarrat al-Nu'man, Ottoman Syria
DiedMarch 1758
Mediterranean Sea
NationalityOttoman
RelationsAl-Azm family
ChildrenMuhammad Pasha al-Azm
ParentIsmail 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]

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