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capitan pasha
Capitan Paşa
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A high-ranking Turkish military officer, especially as a commander or regional governor; the highest honorary title during the Ottoman Empire
Emin Pasha Mehmed Enver Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Ismail Pasha Köprülü Fazil Ahmed Pasha Midhat Pasha
{i} high-ranking Turkish officer or governor
a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt
Ottoman provincial governor or military commander In Tripolitania (q v ), the title of the regent representing the sultan (q v )
The earlier form was bashaw
former title for civil and military officers in the Ottoman Empire
(Turkish) High rank Turkish official who represented the Sultan's temporal power in a specified area Formerly, a prince of the blood but later applied as a title after the names of all higher civil and military officials
A title of distinction used before the names of people of high rank, including Generals or Admirals in the Ottoman military
An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc

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A pasha
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Enver Pasha
born Nov. 22, 1881, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire died Aug. 4, 1922, Baldzhuan, Turkistan Soldier and politician in the Ottoman Empire. He was one of the Young Turks who deposed the Ottoman sultan Abdülhamid II in 1908. He later served as governor of Banghz, Libya (1912), chief of staff of the Ottoman army in the Second Balkan War (1913), and minister of war during World War I (1914-18). A rival of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the postwar period, he unsuccessfully sought Soviet help to overthrow him (1920). The Soviets permitted him to help organize the Turkic and Muslim Central Asian republics, but he joined Basmachi rebels against the Soviet Union and was killed fighting the Red Army
Fazil Ahmed Pasha Köprülü
born 1635, Vezirköprü, Anatolia, Ottoman Empire died Nov. 3, 1676, near Çorlu, Thrace Grand vizier (1661-76) under the Ottoman sultan Mehmed IV. He started his career as a scholar but entered the civil service when his father became grand vizier. Having made the army more efficient, he campaigned successfully against Austria (1663), the Venetian republic in Crete (1669), and Poland (1672-76). He died during his last campaign
Ibrahim Pasha
born 1789, Kavalla, Rumelia died Nov. 10, 1848, Cairo, Egypt Egyptian general. After helping train the new Egyptian army, he won military fame in Syria, defeating an Ottoman force, and Syria and Adana were ceded to Egypt, with Ibrahim as governor-general (1833). His administration was relatively enlightened; he created a consultative council and suppressed the feudal regime. Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-39) then sent an Ottoman army to invade Syria, and Ibrahim won his greatest victory in 1839 when the Ottoman fleet deserted to Egypt. However, the European powers, fearing the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, forced the Egyptians to evacuate the occupied territories. Ibrahim became viceroy of Egypt in 1848 shortly before his death
Ismail Pasha
born Dec. 31, 1830, Cairo, Egypt died March 2, 1895, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Viceroy of Egypt (1863-79) under the Ottoman Empire. After an education in Paris and diplomatic missions in other parts of Europe, he was appointed viceroy and became involved with work on the Suez Canal (1859-69). His plan to unify the Nile valley by creating a new southern Egyptian province in the Sudan failed. The sultan dismissed him because of his fiscal mismanagement; the enormous debt he brought on the country led the British to occupy Egypt in 1882
Mehmed Emin Pasha
orig. Eduard Schnitzer born March 28, 1840, Oppeln, Silesia died Oct. 23, 1892, Kanema, Congo Free State German physician, explorer, and administrator in Egyptian Sudan. Schnitzer adopted a Turkish name while serving as a medical officer and administrator in the Ottoman government. In 1876 he joined with British forces led by Gen. Charles George Gordon at Khartoum. In 1878 he was appointed governor of Equatoria province. During the Mahdist movement uprising, the Egyptian government abandoned the Sudan (1884), and the isolated Emin was rescued by Henry Morton Stanley in 1888. On an expedition to equatorial Africa, he was killed by Arab slave-traders. Through his scholarly papers and specimen collections, he contributed vastly to the knowledge of African geography, natural history, ethnology, and languages
Midhat Pasha
born October 1822, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire died May 8, 1883, Al-if, Arabian Peninsula Civil servant and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire. As governor of Ni and Baghdad, his successful reforms earned the respect of the sultan Abdülaziz, who in 1872 appointed him grand vizier, a post he held only three months. In 1876 he helped depose Abdülaziz and eventually replaced him with Abdülhamid II. Again appointed grand vizier, he was dismissed after six months. Afterward, he was banished but later was recalled and made governor of Smyrna. He then was arrested and convicted for Abdülaziz's death. His death sentence was commuted to permanent exile. See also Tanzimat
capitan pasha
The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet
pasha

    Hyphenation

    pa·sha

    Turkish pronunciation

    pışä

    Pronunciation

    /pəˈsʜä/ /pəˈʃɑː/

    Etymology

    [ 'pä-sh&, 'pa-; p& ] (noun.) 1646. From Ottoman Turkish پاشا (pāšā) (Turkish paşa), from Persian پادشاه (pādšāh, “padishah”).
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