Kör Yusuf was appointed for a second term as governor of Trabzon in March 1807. In September he was appointed the governor of Baghdad and Basra eyalets, and Konya and Aleppo in October. In 1808 he was appointed a second term as governor of Erzurum and was given the high-ranking post of "șark seraskeri" (Commander-in-Chief of the East) making him responsible for all of the Ottoman military forces in the Diyarbekir, Sivas, Trabzon, Malatya, Marash, Chorum and Mosul "eyalets" (provinces). Kör Yusuf performed well against Russian Empire forces at Akhalkalaki.