Elvendoğlu Ali Pasha, known in Arabic as Ali Pasha ibn Alwan, was an
Ottoman statesman. He was appointed the ''
beylerbey
''Beylerbey'' ( ota, بكلربكی, beylerbeyi, lit=bey of beys, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords') was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Seljuks ...
'' (governor-general) of
Damascus Eyalet by the
vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called ''katib'' (secretary), who was a ...
Ibrahim Pasha in October 1585, the same month in which a certain Husrev Pasha was appointed to the same post by the
Sublime Porte
The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte ( ota, باب عالی, Bāb-ı Ālī or ''Babıali'', from ar, باب, bāb, gate and , , ), was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire.
History
The nam ...
(Ottoman imperial government in
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
; the Porte abrogated Husrev Pasha's assignment, appointing him instead to
Baghdad Eyalet
, common_name = Baghdad Eyalet
, conventional_long_name =Eyalet of Baghdad
, subdivision = Eyalet
, nation = the Ottoman EmpireUnder Safavid Iran, Safavid occupation (1624–1638)
, year_start = 1 ...
. Ali Pasha was charged with continuing Ibrahim Pasha's suppression of Druze and other rebels in
Mount Lebanon
Mount Lebanon ( ar, جَبَل لُبْنَان, ''jabal lubnān'', ; syr, ܛܘܪ ܠܒ݂ܢܢ, ', , ''ṭūr lewnōn'' french: Mont Liban) is a mountain range in Lebanon. It averages above in elevation, with its peak at .
Geography
The Mount Le ...
and its environs, and was responsible for the capture of several chieftains, including
Muhammad Assaf,
Ali Harfush,
Mansur ibn Furaykh and chiefs of the
Tanukhs, all of whom were sent to Constantinople. He was replaced as ''beylerbey'' by his predecessor
Uveys Pasha in June 1586. Ali Pasha was appointed ''beylerbey'' of Baghdad Eyalet for a few days in late 1586.
References
Bibliography
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*{{cite journal , last1=Salibi , first1=Kamal , title=Northern Lebanon under the Dominance of Ġazīr (1517–1591) , journal=Arabica , date=June 1967 , volume=14 , issue=2 , pages=144–166 , doi=10.1163/157005867X00029 , jstor=4055631
16th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman governors of Damascus