Deli Emir Ahmed Agha ( tr, Deli Emir Ahmed Ağa, "

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cerem ...

Ahmed Agha the Mad"; died November 1753), later known as Seyyid Emir Ahmed Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman and military leader. Raised as a member of the elite infantry unit, the

Janissaries A Janissary ( ota, یڭیچری, yeŋiçeri, , ) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan ( ...

, he was its Agha (chief) from May 1750 to January 1751. Later, he served as the governor of the

Sidon Eyalet ota, ایالت صیدا , common_name = Eyalet of Sidon , subdivision = Eyalet , nation = the Ottoman Empire , year_start = 1660 , year_end = 1864 , date_start = , date_end = , eve ...

(1751, 1752–53) and the Aleppo Eyalet (1751–52).

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1753 deaths 18th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Pashas Ottoman governors of Sidon Janissaries Year of birth unknown Ottoman governors of Aleppo {{Ottoman-bio-stub