Mahmud Pasha (governor)

For other people named Mahmud Pasha, see Mahmud Pasha.

Mahmud Pasha (died 1567) was an Ottoman statesman from Bosnia[1]: 123  who served as the Ottoman governor of Yemen Eyalet from 1561 to 1565 until being deposed, and of Egypt Eyalet from 1566 until his assassination by gunfire in 1567.[2]

He was described as an "unscrupulous," corrupt, but wealthy official with "the riches of the al-Nazaris in his possession."[3] He reportedly disliked his successor for the governorship of Yemen, Ridwan Pasha, and purposefully made his job harder with actions he took just before his removal from office.[4]

As the governor of Egypt, Mahmud Pasha had the Al-Mahmoudia Mosque built in Cairo, which still stands today.[4]

  1. ^ Blackburn, J. Richard (1979). "The Collapse of Ottoman Authority in Yemen, 968/1560-976/1568". Die Welt des Islams. 19 (1/4): 119–176. doi:10.2307/1569922. JSTOR 1569922.
  2. ^ Jane Hathaway (2003). A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen. SUNY Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-7914-8610-8.
  3. ^ Die Welt des Islams. Brill. 1979. pp. 130, 131, 144.
  4. ^ a b Jane Hathaway (2003). A Tale of Two Factions: Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen. SUNY Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7914-8610-8.