Davud Pasha (governor of Egypt)

For other people named Davud Pasha, see Davud Pasha (disambiguation).
In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Davud, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Davud Pasha (sometimes spelled Da'ud Pasha; died September 1549) was an Ottoman statesman who was the Ottoman governor of Egypt from April 1538 to September 1549.[1][2]

He was a good friend of his predecessor of the office, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, who helped him get the position. The two men shared a long-standing feud with Rüstem Pasha.[1]

Davud Pasha died in office in September 1549, after holding the Egypt governorship for over 11 years.[2]

  1. ^ a b Giancarlo Casale (26 January 2010). The Ottoman Age of Exploration. Oxford University Press. pp. 87, 102. ISBN 978-0-19-979879-7.
  2. ^ a b Süreyya, Bey Mehmet, Nuri Akbayar, and Seyit Ali. Kahraman. Sicill-i Osmanî. Beşiktaş, İstanbul: Kültür Bakanlığı Ile Türkiye Ekonomik Ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'nın Ortak Yayınıdır, 1890. Print.