List of Ottoman governors of Egypt
The Ottoman Empire's governors of Egypt from 1517 to 1805 were at various times known by different but synonymous titles, among them beylerbey, viceroy, governor, governor-general, or, more generally, wāli.

List of Ottoman governors of Egypt

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Table Section Text: The Ottoman Empire's governors of Egypt from 1517 to 1805 were at various times known by different but synonymous titles, among them beylerbey, viceroy, governor, governor-general, or, more generally, wāli.

#	Governor	Start	End	Title	Identity notes	Tenure notes

1	Yunus Pasha	-	1517	1517	Beylerbey	Governorship revoked for corruption

2	Hayır Bey	No picture available	1517	1522	Beylerbey	Died in office

3	Çoban Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1522	1523	Beylerbey	Put down a small Mamluk revolt

4	Hain Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1523	1524	Sultan	Rebelled, declared himself sultan; was executed

5	Güzelce Kasım Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1524	1525	Beylerbey

6	Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha	-	1525	1525	Beylerbey	Remained for 3 months, organized the civil and military system of Ottoman Egypt

7	Güzelce Kasım Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1525	1525	Beylerbey

8	Hadım Süleyman Pasha (1st)	-	1525	1535	Beylerbey

9	Divane Hüsrev Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1535	1537	Beylerbey

10	Hadım Süleyman Pasha (2nd)	-	1537	1538	Beylerbey

11	Davud Pasha	No picture available	1538	1549	Beylerbey	Long-standing feud with Rüstem Pasha; died in office

Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha	-	1549	1549	Kaymakam	Served only a few months as acting governor

12	Semiz Ali Pasha	No picture available	1549	1553	Beylerbey	Appointed to another position in Constantinople

13	Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1553	1556	Beylerbey	Used to sing in public with a guitar; executed for violating sharia

14	Iskender Pasha	No picture available	1556	1559	Beylerbey	Had many public works built between Bab Zuweila and Bab al-Khalq

15	Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha	No picture available	1559	1560	Beylerbey	Also known as Sufi Ali Pasha or Hadım Ali Pasha; died in office

16	Kara Şahin Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1560	1563	Beylerbey	Founder of the Ridwan dynasty, former governor of Gaza

17	Müezzinzade Ali Pasha	-	1563	1566	Beylerbey	Also known as Sufi or Sofu Ali Pasha

18	Mahmud Pasha	No picture available	1566	1567	Beylerbey	Built the Mosque of Mahmud Pasha and assassinated in office by gunfire

19	Koca Sinan Pasha (1st)	-	1567	1569	Beylerbey

20	Çerkes Iskender Pasha	No picture available	1569	1571	Beylerbey	Known locally as al-Faqih, "the jurist"

21	Koca Sinan Pasha (2nd)	-	1571	1573	Beylerbey

22	Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić	No picture available	1573	1574	Beylerbey	Of a mild disposition, but thieves multiplied during his short term

23	Hadim Mesih Pasha	No picture available	1574	1580	Beylerbey	Put to death many thieves, stunting robbery in the region for centuries

24	Hadım Hasan Pasha	No picture available	1580	1583	Beylerbey	Jailed in Constantinople

25	Damat Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1583	1585	Beylerbey

26	Defterdar Sinan Pasha	No picture available	1585	1587	Beylerbey	Dismissed after being unable to collect enough taxes

27	Kara Üveys Pasha [de]	No picture available	1587	1590	Beylerbey	Died in office

28	Hadım Hafız Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1590	1594	Beylerbey	Appointed governor of Bursa

29	Kurd Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1594	1596	Beylerbey

30	Emir Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1596	1598	Beylerbey	Known as al-Sharif and seyyid, often visited the Al-Hussein Mosque

31	Hızır Pasha	No picture available	1598	1601	Beylerbey

32	Yavuz Ali Pasha	No picture available	1601	1603	Beylerbey	Appointed as Grand Vizier

33	Maktul Hacı Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1604	1604	Beylerbey	Murdered in a sepahi mutiny

34	Hadım Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1604	1605	Beylerbey	Attempted to get the mutiny under control, but failed

35	Yemenli Hasan Pasha	No picture available	1605	1607	Beylerbey	Previously the beylerbey of Yemen Eyalet (1580–1604)

36	Öküz Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1607	1611	Beylerbey	Known as "kul kıran" (slavebreaker) for putting down sipahi mutiny

37	Sofu Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1611	1615	Beylerbey	Not to be confused with Grand Vizier Sofu Mehmed Pasha

38	Nişancı Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1615	1618	Beylerbey	Head of Janissaries (1615); not the same as Grand Vizier Nişancı Ahmed Pasha

39	Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1618	1618	Beylerbey	Left governance mostly in the hands of his family, corruption ensued

40	Cafer Pasha	No picture available	1618	1619	Beylerbey	Educated in various sciences and formerly governor of Yemen

41	Hamidi Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1619	1620	Beylerbey	Also known as Ispartalı Mustafa Pasha, dismissed for anti-merchant policies

42	Mere Hüseyin Pasha	No picture available	1620	1622	Beylerbey	Dismissed after the flooding of the Nile caused a drought

43	Biber Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1622	1622	Beylerbey	Dismissed after 75 days; also known as Pır or Babür; former wali of Budin

44	Silahdar Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1622	1623	Beylerbey	Drought led to his dismissal and successor accused him of financial fraud

45	Kara Mustafa Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1623	1623	Beylerbey	Not the same as Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha

46	Çeşteci Ali Pasha	No picture available	1623	1623	Beylerbey	Soldiers restored Kara Mustafa Pasha

47	Kara Mustafa Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1624	1626	Beylerbey	Soldiers, angry at the rapid change in governors, restored him

48	Bayram Pasha	No picture available	1626	1628	Beylerbey	Invested and speculated heavily in local merchants and businesses

49	Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1628	1630	Beylerbey	Only appeared 6 times in public, but was well-liked

50	Koca Musa Pasha	No picture available	1630	1631	Beylerbey	Army forced his resignation after his brutality and murder of a local bey

51	Halil Pasha	No picture available	1631	1633	Beylerbey	Known for his "gentle, impartial, and prosperous administration"

52	Bakırcı Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1633	1635	Beylerbey	Dismissed and executed either for his cruelty or his monetary policy

53	Gazi Hüseyin Pasha	No picture available	1635	1637	Beylerbey	Cruel and violent, but kept the army in check

54	Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1637	1640	Beylerbey	Confiscated many emirs' and wealthy residents' inheritances

55	Nakkaş Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1640	1642	Beylerbey	His officials were the de jure rulers and plundered the land

56	Maksud Pasha	No picture available	1642	1644	Beylerbey	Previous wali of Diyarbekir; overthrown by army and executed by sultan

57	Eyüb Pasha	No picture available	1644	1646	Beylerbey	Restored order, and after term, gave up all possessions to become a dervish

58	Haydarzade Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1646	1647	Beylerbey	All of his rule was reportedly "only a series of confusions and revolutions"

59	Mostarlı Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1648	1648	Beylerbey	Neglected affairs and was soon dismissed, but no insurrections occurred

60	Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1648	1651	Beylerbey	His rule was "agitated by great disturbances," but he managed to raise more funds than expected, as he was known for his economic skill

61	Hadım Abdurrahman Pasha	No picture available	1651	1652	Beylerbey	After his dismissal, he was jailed by successor for not paying debts

62	Haseki Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1652	1656	Beylerbey	Known locally as Abu'l-Nur, "father of light", for restoring buildings

63	Halıcı Damadı Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1656	1657	Beylerbey

64	Şehsuvarzade Gazi Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1657	1660	Beylerbey	Known locally as Gazi for putting down a rebellion; jailed afterwards

65	Gürcü Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1660	1661	Beylerbey	Some soldiers tried to replace him with his predecessor but failed

66	Melek Ibrahim Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1661	1664	Beylerbey	Reasserted the power of the office over the beys; aka Şeytan Ibrahim Pasha

67	Silahdar Ömer Pasha	No picture available	1664	1667	Beylerbey	Also wali of Baghdad (1677–81, 1684–86), Diyarbekir (1688), and Erzurum

68	Şişman Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1667	1668	Beylerbey	Epithet means "fat"; also called Sofu Ibrahim Pasha; died in office Nov. 1668

69	Karakaş Ali Pasha	No picture available	1668	1669	Beylerbey	Assumed office October 1668 or April 1669

70	Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1669	1673	Beylerbey

71	Canpuladzade Hüseyin Pasha	No picture available	1673	1675	Beylerbey

72	Cebeci Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1675	1676	Beylerbey	Jailed by the army due to his violence during tax collection

73	Abdi Pasha the Albanian	-	1676	1680	Beylerbey

74	Osman Pasha the Bosnian	No picture available	1680	1683	Beylerbey

75	Hamza Pasha	No picture available	1683	1687	Beylerbey

76	Mollacık Hasan Pasha	No picture available	1687	1687	Beylerbey	Also called by the epithet Kethüda/Ketkhoda, but mostly just Hasan Pasha

77	Damat Hasan Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1687	1689	Beylerbey

78	Sarhoş Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1689	1691	Beylerbey	Died in office on 13 March 1691

79	Hazinedar Moralı Ali Pasha	No picture available	1691	1695	Beylerbey	Also known as Moralı Hazinedar Ali Pasha (epithets switched)

80	Çelebi Ismail Pasha	No picture available	1695	1697	Beylerbey	Deposed by the local soldiers

Kesici Hasan Pasha	No picture available	1697	1698	Kaymakam	Acting governor, installed by soldiers; served for 5 to 8 months

81	Firari Hüseyin Pasha	No picture available	1698	1699	Beylerbey	Also known by the epithets Boşnak (Bosniak), Sarı, Dizveren, and Muradi

82	Kara Mehmed Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1699	1704	Beylerbey

83	Baltacı Süleyman Pasha	No picture available	1704	1704	Beylerbey	Never took office

84	Rami Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1704	1706	Beylerbey

85	Dellak Ali Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1706	1707	Beylerbey

86	Damat Hasan Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1707	1709	Beylerbey

87	Moralı Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1709	1710	Beylerbey	Jailed and exiled by the sultan after dismissal

88	Köse Halil Pasha	No picture available	1710	1711	Beylerbey	Overthrown by local beys

89	Veli Mehmed Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1711	1712	Beylerbey	There was an insurrection begun by a Turkish religious fanatic, but it failed

90	Kara Mehmed Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1712	1712	Beylerbey	Held the office for a minuscule amount of time

91	Veli Mehmed Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1712	1714	Beylerbey

92	Abdi Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1714	1716	Beylerbey	Ended the remains of the insurrection begun in 1711 by the religious fanatic

93	Dellak Ali Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1716	1720	Beylerbey	His rule was calm, but the sultan ordered his execution

94	Recep Pasha	No picture available	1720	1721	Beylerbey	Dismissed after failing to assassinate ibn Iwaz on the sultan's orders

95	Nişancı Mehmed Pasha [tr] (1st)	No picture available	1721	1725	Beylerbey	Deposed by the forces of Çerkes Mehmed Bey after displeasing him

96	Moralı Ali Pasha	No picture available	1725	1726	Beylerbey

97	Nişancı Mehmed Pasha [tr] (2nd)	No picture available	1726	1727	Beylerbey

98	Ebubekir Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1727	1729	Beylerbey

99	Abdi Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1729	1729	Beylerbey

100	Köprülü Abdullah Pasha	No picture available	1729	1731	Beylerbey

101	Silahdar Damat Mehmed Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1731	1733	Beylerbey

102	Muhassıl Osman Pasha	No picture available	1733	1735	Beylerbey	There was a man claiming to be a prophet, and widespread apocalyptic fears

103	Ebubekir Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1735	1739	Beylerbey	Deposed by local troops

104	Sulayman Pasha al-Azm	No picture available	1739	1740	Beylerbey	Deposed by local troops

105	Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1st)	-	1740	1741	Beylerbey	His rule was peaceful and free of insurrections

106	Hatibzade Yahya Pasha	No picture available	1741	1743	Beylerbey	He was the son-in-law of predecessor Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha

107	Yedekçi Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1743	1744	Beylerbey	Troops rioted, demanding pay and rations from the granary

108	Koca Mehmed Ragıp Pasha	No picture available	1744	1748	Beylerbey	He was a "profound scholar"; forced to step down by local troops

109	Yeğen Ali Pasha	No picture available	1748	1748	Beylerbey	Nephew of Yedekçi Mehmed Pasha; never took office, only appointed for a week

110	Nişancı Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1748	1751	Beylerbey	Interested in the sciences, but found Egyptians to be largely uneducated

111	Seyyid Abdullah Pasha	No picture available	1751	1753	Beylerbey

112	Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha	No picture available	1753	1753	Beylerbey	Died very soon after taking office

113	Baltacızade Mustafa Pasha	No picture available	1752	1756	Beylerbey

114	Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (2nd)	-	1756	1757	Beylerbey	His second term was again largely peaceful

115	Sa'deddin Pasha al-Azm	No picture available	1757	1757	Beylerbey	Nephew of Sulayman Pasha al-Azm

116	Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha	-	1757	1758	Beylerbey

117	Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1758	1761	Beylerbey

118	Kamil Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1761	1761	Beylerbey	Deposed in August 1761 by the local emirs

119	Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1761	1762	Beylerbey	Reinstalled by the local emirs

120	Ebubekir Rasim Pasha	No picture available	1762	1762	Beylerbey	Died two months into term, buried in the City of the Dead necropolis in Cairo

121	Ahıskalı Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1762	1764	Beylerbey

122	Hacı Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1764	1764	Beylerbey	Died soon after taking office in September 1764

123	Macar Hacı Hasan Pasha	No picture available	1764	1765	Beylerbey	Dismissed soon after taking office

124	Silahdar Mahir Hamza Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1765	1767	Beylerbey	Deposed by the local emirs

125	Çelebi Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1767	1767	Beylerbey

126	Rakım Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1767	1768	Beylerbey	Deposed by Ali Bey Al-Kabir after making a move against him

Ali Bey Al-Kabir	-	1768	1769	Kaymakam	Became acting governor after forcing out the last governor

127	Köprülü Hafız Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1769	1769	Beylerbey	Died shortly after taking office

128	Kelleci Osman Pasha	No picture available	1769	1771	Beylerbey	After him, a kaymakam (acting governor) probably ruled for a year

129	Vekil Osman Pasha	No picture available	1772	1773	Beylerbey	Died shortly after taking office

130	Kara Halil Pasha	No picture available	1773	1774	Beylerbey	Had little power; actual power was held by Mamluk Muhammad Bey Abu'l-Dhahab

131	Hacı Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1774	1775	Beylerbey

132	Izzet Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1775	1778	Beylerbey	Deposed by local emirs Mamluk on 15 July 1778

133	Raif Ismail Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1779	1779	Beylerbey	He was replaced by the sultan in late September 1779 with Ibrahim Pasha

134	Ibrahim Pasha	No picture available	1779	1779	Beylerbey	He died in office in November 1779 (one month after his arrival)

135	Raif Ismail Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1779	1780	Beylerbey	Reappointed November 1779, but deposed by local Mamluk emirs in July 1780

Ibrahim Bey (1st)	No picture available	1780	1781	Kaymakam	The sultan gave office back to Raif Ismail Pasha, but Ibrahim Bey didn't comply

136	Melek Mehmed Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1781	1782	Beylerbey	His rule was peaceful and he was well-liked by the emirs

137	Name unknown	No picture available	1782	1783	Beylerbey	His identity is unknown, perhaps partially named "Sharif/Şerif Pasha"

138	Silahdar Mehmed Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1783	1784	Beylerbey	Deposed by the Mamluk bey Murad Bey on 30 October 1784

Murad Bey	-	1784	1785	Kaymakam	He deposed his predecessor, but he was already the de facto ruler of Egypt

Ibrahim Bey (2nd)	No picture available	1784	1785	Kaymakam	The incoming governor made him acting governor on 20 February 1785

139	Yeğen Seyyid Mehmed Pasha [tr]	No picture available	1785	1786	Beylerbey	Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha expelled the Mamluk emirs (Murad and Ibrahim)

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha	No picture available	1786	1787	Admiral	De facto ruler when Keki Abdi Pasha refused the office until emirs were defeated

140	Keki Abdi Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1787	1788	Beylerbey	Appointed on 24 October 1786, but left governance to Hasan Pasha for a while

141	Ismail Pasha the Tripolitanian (1st)	No picture available	1788	1789	Beylerbey	The sultan reinstated Keki Abdi Pasha upon his request on 3 January 1789

142	Keki Abdi Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1789	1789	Beylerbey	Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Ismail Pasha's mentor, asked sultan to reinstate him

143	Ismail Pasha the Tripolitanian (2nd)	No picture available	1789	1791	Beylerbey	Dismissed and appointed governor of Morea Eyalet

144	Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha	No picture available	1791	1794	Beylerbey	Murad Bey and Ibrahim Bey, previously exiled in 1786, returned to de facto power

145	Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha	No picture available	1794	1796	Beylerbey	Mamluk emirs Murad Bey and Ibrahim Bey continued to wield de facto power

The French occupy Egypt in 1798, with Napoleon Bonaparte (1798–99), Jean Baptiste Kléber (1799–1800), and Jacques-François Menou (1800–01) holding de facto governing power.

146	Lokmacı Hacı Ebubekir Pasha	No picture available	1796	1798	Beylerbey	French troops under Napoleon landed at Alexandria and later reached Cairo

147	Abdullah Pasha al-Azm	No picture available	1798	1799	Beylerbey	Napoleon had him confirmed governor as a sign of Ottoman consent to his rule

147	Nasuh Pasha al-Azm	No picture available	1800	1801	Beylerbey	The French left Cairo (and eventually Egypt altogether)

The French occupation ends in 1801, succumbing to a combined British and Ottoman attack.

148	Ebu Merak Mehmed Pasha	No picture available	1801	1801	Beylerbey	Dismissed 21 September 1801, he left for his estate on 8 January 1802

149	Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1st)	No picture available	1802	1803	Beylerbey	Arrived 22 January 1802; he was instructed to kill or imprison Mamluk emirs

Tahir Pasha	No picture available	1803	1803	Kaymakam	Grabbed power; head of Albanian troops; assassinated by Janissaries in 26 days

Albanian troops led by Muhammad Ali of Egypt, originally sent in 1801 by the Ottoman sultan to fight the French, grab de facto control of Egypt from the Ottomans.

150	Müftizade Ahmed Pasha	No picture available	1803	1803	Governor	Took power in June against the Albanians, although they had de facto control

Ibrahim Bey (3rd; concurrently)	No picture available	1803	1804	Kaymakam	Made governor by Muhammad Ali of Egypt in June, who governed through him

151	Trabluslu Ali Pasha (concurrently)	No picture available	1803	1804	Beylerbey	Sent by the Ottomans in July to take back Egypt from the Albanians, but killed

152	Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (2nd)	No picture available	1804	1804	Beylerbey	He was a puppet governor for 2 days under Muhammad Ali of Egypt

153	Hurshid Ahmed Pasha	-	1804	1805	Beylerbey	Allowed by Muhammad Ali of Egypt to govern, but forced to step down in favor of him

154	Muhammad Ali of Egypt	-	1805	Muhammad Ali, head of the Albanians, is officially appointed governor in 1805, beginning the Muhammad Ali dynasty; see List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty for nominal "governors" after 1805.

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