Mehmed Necib Pasha (died 1851), also known as Muhammad Najib Pasha or Gürcü Mehmet Necip Paşa or Necib Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman and governor of

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origin. He was the governor of

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, succeeding

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(who had brought Iraq back into direct Ottoman control). His father's name was Abdülmucib. He was married to Zeliha Hanim (d.1863) and his daughter was Fatima Hanim (d.1881), his son's was Ahmed Şükrü Bey, Cemil Bey and

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, was a two-time Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.

Library

Mehmed Necib Pasha is known for having the Necip Paşa Library ( tr, Necip Paşa Kütüphanesi) in

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built in 1827 (today in İzmir Province, Turkey). At the time, he was serving as the "Minister of Powder Mills" ( tr, Baruthaneler Nazırı). It is not known why he had it built in Tire, as no known connection between him and the city existed before the library. The library contains inscriptions made during construction, one of which reads:

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