List of Ottoman governors of Egypt
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Governor

Start

End

Title

Identity notes[N 1]

Tenure notes

1

Yunus Pasha

1517

1517

Beylerbey

[1][2]

Governorship revoked for corruption

2

Hayır Bey

No picture available

1517

1522

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][4]

Died in office

3

Çoban Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1522

1523

Beylerbey

[1][2][5][6][7]

Put down a small Mamluk revolt[3]

4

Hain Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1523

1524

Sultan

[1][2][3][7]

Rebelled, declared himself sultan; was executed[3][7]

5

Güzelce Kasım Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1524

1525

Beylerbey

[1][2][8]

6

Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha

1525

1525

Beylerbey

[1][9]

Remained for 3 months, organized the civil and military system of Ottoman Egypt[9]

7

Güzelce Kasım Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1525

1525

Beylerbey

[1][2]

8

Hadım Süleyman Pasha (1st)

1525

1535

Beylerbey

[1][2]

9

Divane Hüsrev Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1535

1537

Beylerbey

[1][2]

10

Hadım Süleyman Pasha (2nd)

1537

1538

Beylerbey

[1][2]

11

Davud Pasha

No picture available

1538

1549

Beylerbey

[1][2][10]

Long-standing feud with Rüstem Pasha;[10] died in office

Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha

1549

1549

Kaymakam

[11][12]

Served only a few months[12] as acting governor[11]

12

Semiz Ali Pasha

No picture available

1549

1553

Beylerbey

[1][2][10]

Appointed to another position in Constantinople

13

Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1553

1556

Beylerbey

[1][2][13][14]

Used to sing in public with a guitar; executed for violating sharia[13]

14

Iskender Pasha

No picture available

1556

1559

Beylerbey

[1][2][14][15]

Had many public works built between Bab Zuweila and Bab al-Khalq[16]

15

Sofu Hadım Ali Pasha

No picture available

1559

1560

Beylerbey

[1][2][17]

Also known as Sufi Ali Pasha[17] or Hadım Ali Pasha;[1][2] died in office[1]

16

Kara Şahin Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1560

1563

Beylerbey

[1][2][18]

Founder of the Ridwan dynasty, former governor of Gaza

17

Müezzinzade Ali Pasha

1563

1566

Beylerbey

[1][2][13]

Also known as Sufi or Sofu Ali Pasha[13]

18

Mahmud Pasha

No picture available

1566

1567

Beylerbey

[19][20]

Built the Mosque of Mahmud Pasha and assassinated in office by gunfire[20]

19

Koca Sinan Pasha (1st)

1567

1569

Beylerbey

[1][2][10]

20

Çerkes Iskender Pasha

No picture available

1569

1571

Beylerbey

[1][2][21][22][23]

Known locally as al-Faqih, "the jurist"[24]

21

Koca Sinan Pasha (2nd)

1571

1573

Beylerbey

[1][2][10]

22

Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić

No picture available

1573

1574

Beylerbey

[1][25][26][27]

Of a mild disposition, but thieves multiplied during his short term[25]

23

Hadim Mesih Pasha

No picture available

1574

1580

Beylerbey

[1][2][13][25]

Put to death many thieves, stunting robbery in the region for centuries[25]

24

Hadım Hasan Pasha

No picture available

1580

1583

Beylerbey

[1][2][28]

Jailed in Constantinople[28]

25

Damat Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1583

1585

Beylerbey

[1][2]

26

Defterdar Sinan Pasha

No picture available

1585

1587

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][29]

Dismissed after being unable to collect enough taxes[29]

27

Kara Üveys Pasha [de]

No picture available

1587

1590

Beylerbey

[3][30][31][note 1]

Died in office[31]

28

Hadım Hafız Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1590

1594

Beylerbey

[1][2]

Appointed governor of Bursa

29

Kurd Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1594

1596

Beylerbey

[1][2]

30

Emir Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1596

1598

Beylerbey

[1][2][21][24][32][33]

Known as al-Sharif and seyyid, often visited the Al-Hussein Mosque[24]

31

Hızır Pasha

No picture available

1598

1601

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][34]

32

Yavuz Ali Pasha

No picture available

1601

1603

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][35][36][note 2]

Appointed as Grand Vizier[35][36]

33

Maktul Hacı Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1604

1604

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][37][38]

Murdered in a sepahi mutiny[39][40][41]

34

Hadım Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1604

1605

Beylerbey

[1][33][41][note 3]

Attempted to get the mutiny under control, but failed[41]

35

Yemenli Hasan Pasha

No picture available

1605

1607

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][42][43]

Previously the beylerbey of Yemen Eyalet (1580–1604)[42][43]

36

Öküz Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1607

1611

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][44][45][46][47]

Known as "kul kıran" (slavebreaker) for putting down sipahi mutiny[44][45][46][47]

37

Sofu Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1611

1615

Beylerbey

[1][2][21][33][note 4]

Not to be confused with Grand Vizier Sofu Mehmed Pasha[2]

38

Nişancı Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1615

1618

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

Head of Janissaries (1615); not the same as Grand Vizier Nişancı Ahmed Pasha

39

Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1618

1618

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][48]

Left governance mostly in the hands of his family, corruption ensued[48]

40

Cafer Pasha

No picture available

1618

1619

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][49]

Educated in various sciences and formerly governor of Yemen[49]

41

Hamidi Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1619

1620

Beylerbey

[1][49]

Also known as Ispartalı Mustafa Pasha,[2] dismissed for anti-merchant policies[33][50]

42

Mere Hüseyin Pasha

No picture available

1620

1622

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][51]

Dismissed after the flooding of the Nile caused a drought[52]

43

Biber Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1622

1622

Beylerbey

[1][33][53][54]

Dismissed after 75 days;[53] also known as Pır[1] or Babür;[2] former wali of Budin[53]

44

Silahdar Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1622

1623

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][53]

Drought led to his dismissal and successor accused him of financial fraud[53]

45

Kara Mustafa Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1623

1623

Beylerbey

[1][3][33][55]

Not the same as Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa Pasha[1]

46

Çeşteci Ali Pasha

No picture available

1623

1623

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][33][56][57]

Soldiers restored Kara Mustafa Pasha[33][56][57]

47

Kara Mustafa Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1624

1626

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][33][56]

Soldiers, angry at the rapid change in governors, restored him[3][33][56]

48

Bayram Pasha

No picture available

1626

1628

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][58]

Invested and speculated heavily in local merchants and businesses[58]

49

Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1628

1630

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][59]

Only appeared 6 times in public, but was well-liked[60]

50

Koca Musa Pasha

No picture available

1630

1631

Beylerbey

[1][3][33][61]

Army forced his resignation after his brutality and murder of a local bey[3][62][63]

51

Halil Pasha

No picture available

1631

1633

Beylerbey

[1][33][64][note 5]

Known for his "gentle, impartial, and prosperous administration"[64]

52

Bakırcı Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1633

1635

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][65]

Dismissed and executed either for his cruelty[1] or his monetary policy[66]

53

Gazi Hüseyin Pasha

No picture available

1635

1637

Beylerbey

[1][2]

Cruel and violent, but kept the army in check[67]

54

Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1637

1640

Beylerbey

[2][33][68]

Confiscated many emirs' and wealthy residents' inheritances[69]

55

Nakkaş Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1640

1642

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

His officials were the de jure rulers and plundered the land[70]

56

Maksud Pasha

No picture available

1642

1644

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][71]

Previous wali of Diyarbekir; overthrown by army[72] and executed by sultan[73]

57

Eyüb Pasha

No picture available

1644

1646

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][73]

Restored order, and after term, gave up all possessions to become a dervish[74]

58

Haydarzade Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1646

1647

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][33][74][note 6]

All of his rule was reportedly "only a series of confusions and revolutions"[74]

59

Mostarlı Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1648

1648

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][74]

Neglected affairs and was soon dismissed, but no insurrections occurred[33][75]

60

Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1648

1651

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][33][68][76][77]

His rule was "agitated by great disturbances," but he managed to raise more funds than expected, as he was known for his economic skill[77]

61

Hadım Abdurrahman Pasha

No picture available

1651

1652

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][68][78]

After his dismissal, he was jailed by successor for not paying debts[78]

62

Haseki Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1652

1656

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][79][80][81][82][83]

Known locally as Abu'l-Nur, "father of light", for restoring buildings[2][3][24]

63

Halıcı Damadı Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1656

1657

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 7]

64

Şehsuvarzade Gazi Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1657

1660

Beylerbey

[1][2][3]

Known locally as Gazi for putting down a rebellion;[24] jailed afterwards[3]

65

Gürcü Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1660

1661

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][33]

Some soldiers tried to replace him with his predecessor but failed[3]

66

Melek Ibrahim Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1661

1664

Beylerbey

[1][2][3][33]

Reasserted the power of the office over the beys; aka Şeytan Ibrahim Pasha[3]

67

Silahdar Ömer Pasha

No picture available

1664

1667

Beylerbey

[2][33][84]

Also wali of Baghdad (1677–81, 1684–86), Diyarbekir (1688), and Erzurum[84]

68

Şişman Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1667

1668

Beylerbey

[1][33]

Epithet means "fat"; also called Sofu Ibrahim Pasha;[2] died in office Nov. 1668[1]

69

Karakaş Ali Pasha

No picture available

1668

1669

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 8]

Assumed office October 1668[1] or April 1669[33]

70

Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1669

1673

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

71

Canpuladzade Hüseyin Pasha

No picture available

1673

1675

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 9]

72

Cebeci Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1675

1676

Beylerbey

[85][1][2][33][note 10]

Jailed by the army due to his violence during tax collection[1]

73

Abdi Pasha the Albanian

1676

1680

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

74

Osman Pasha the Bosnian

No picture available

1680

1683

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

75

Hamza Pasha

No picture available

1683

1687

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

76

Mollacık Hasan Pasha

No picture available

1687

1687

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 11]

Also called by the epithet Kethüda/Ketkhoda, but mostly just Hasan Pasha

77

Damat Hasan Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1687

1689

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

78

Sarhoş Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1689

1691

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 12]

Died in office on 13 March 1691[1][33]

79

Hazinedar Moralı Ali Pasha

No picture available

1691

1695

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 13]

Also known as Moralı Hazinedar Ali Pasha (epithets switched)[2]

80

Çelebi Ismail Pasha

No picture available

1695

1697

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][86][87][note 14]

Deposed by the local soldiers[88]

Kesici Hasan Pasha

No picture available

1697

1698

Kaymakam

[1][88][note 15]

Acting governor, installed by soldiers; served for 5 to 8 months[88]

81

Firari Hüseyin Pasha

No picture available

1698

1699

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][note 16]

Also known by the epithets Boşnak (Bosniak), Sarı, Dizveren, and Muradi[2][89]

82

Kara Mehmed Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1699

1704

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][90]

83

Baltacı Süleyman Pasha

No picture available

1704

1704

Beylerbey

[1][2][33]

Never took office[33]

84

Rami Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1704

1706

Beylerbey

[1][2][33][91]

85

Dellak Ali Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1706

1707

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 17]

86

Damat Hasan Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1707

1709

Beylerbey

[1][2][92]

87

Moralı Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1709

1710

Beylerbey

[1][2][93]

Jailed and exiled by the sultan after dismissal[1]

88

Köse Halil Pasha

No picture available

1710

1711

Beylerbey

[1][2][93]

Overthrown by local beys[3][94]

89

Veli Mehmed Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1711

1712

Beylerbey

[1][2][94]

There was an insurrection begun by a Turkish religious fanatic, but it failed[95]

90

Kara Mehmed Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1712

1712

Beylerbey

[1]

Held the office for a minuscule amount of time[1]

91

Veli Mehmed Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1712

1714

Beylerbey

[1][2][94]

92

Abdi Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1714

1716

Beylerbey

[96][97][98][note 18]

Ended the remains of the insurrection begun in 1711 by the religious fanatic[99]

93

Dellak Ali Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1716

1720

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 17]

His rule was calm, but the sultan ordered his execution[1][100]

94

Recep Pasha

No picture available

1720

1721

Beylerbey

[1][2][100]

Dismissed after failing to assassinate ibn Iwaz on the sultan's orders[101]

95

Nişancı Mehmed Pasha [tr] (1st)

No picture available

1721

1725

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 19]

Deposed by the forces of Çerkes Mehmed Bey after displeasing him[102]

96

Moralı Ali Pasha

No picture available

1725

1726

Beylerbey

[1][2][103]

97

Nişancı Mehmed Pasha [tr] (2nd)

No picture available

1726

1727

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 19]

98

Ebubekir Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1727

1729

Beylerbey

[1][2][104]

99

Abdi Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1729

1729

Beylerbey

[96][97][98][note 18]

100

Köprülü Abdullah Pasha

No picture available

1729

1731

Beylerbey

[1][2][105][note 20]

101

Silahdar Damat Mehmed Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1731

1733

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 21]

102

Muhassıl Osman Pasha

No picture available

1733

1735

Beylerbey

[1][2][106]

There was a man claiming to be a prophet, and widespread apocalyptic fears[106]

103

Ebubekir Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1735

1739

Beylerbey

[1][2][104][note 22]

Deposed by local troops[107]

104

Sulayman Pasha al-Azm

No picture available

1739

1740

Beylerbey

[1][107]

Deposed by local troops[108]

105

Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1st)

1740

1741

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 23]

His rule was peaceful and free of insurrections[108]

106

Hatibzade Yahya Pasha

No picture available

1741

1743

Beylerbey

[1][2][108]

He was the son-in-law of predecessor Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha[1]

107

Yedekçi Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1743

1744

Beylerbey

[1][2][109][note 24]

Troops rioted, demanding pay and rations from the granary[109]

108

Koca Mehmed Ragıp Pasha

No picture available

1744

1748

Beylerbey

[1][2][109][note 25]

He was a "profound scholar"; forced to step down by local troops[110]

109

Yeğen Ali Pasha

No picture available

1748

1748

Beylerbey

[1][2]

Nephew of Yedekçi Mehmed Pasha; never took office, only appointed for a week[1][2]

110

Nişancı Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1748

1751

Beylerbey

[1][2][111][note 26]

Interested in the sciences, but found Egyptians to be largely uneducated[111][112]

111

Seyyid Abdullah Pasha

No picture available

1751

1753

Beylerbey

[1][2][113][note 27]

112

Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha

No picture available

1753

1753

Beylerbey

[1][2][113][note 28]

Died very soon after taking office[1][113]

113

Baltacızade Mustafa Pasha

No picture available

1752

1756

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 29]

114

Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (2nd)

1756

1757

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 23]

His second term was again largely peaceful[114]

115

Sa'deddin Pasha al-Azm

No picture available

1757

1757

Beylerbey

[1][2]

Nephew of Sulayman Pasha al-Azm[2]

116

Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha

1757

1758

Beylerbey

[1][2][105][note 30]

117

Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1758

1761

Beylerbey

[1][2][115][116][note 31]

118

Kamil Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1761

1761

Beylerbey

[1][2][91][115]

Deposed in August 1761 by the local emirs[91][115]

119

Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1761

1762

Beylerbey

[91][115][note 31]

Reinstalled by the local emirs[91][115]

120

Ebubekir Rasim Pasha

No picture available

1762

1762

Beylerbey

[1][2][91]

Died two months into term, buried in the City of the Dead necropolis in Cairo[91][115]

121

Ahıskalı Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1762

1764

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 32]

122

Hacı Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1764

1764

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 33]

Died soon after taking office in September 1764[1][2]

123

Macar Hacı Hasan Pasha

No picture available

1764

1765

Beylerbey

[1][2][115]

Dismissed soon after taking office[91][115]

124

Silahdar Mahir Hamza Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1765

1767

Beylerbey

[2][91][note 34]

Deposed by the local emirs[91]

125

Çelebi Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1767

1767

Beylerbey

[1][2][91][note 35]

126

Rakım Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1767

1768

Beylerbey

[1][2][105][117][118][119]

Deposed by Ali Bey Al-Kabir after making a move against him[120]

Ali Bey Al-Kabir

1768

1769

Kaymakam

[120][note 36]

Became acting governor after forcing out the last governor[120]

127

Köprülü Hafız Ahmed Pasha

No picture available

1769

1769

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 37]

Died shortly after taking office[1][2]

128

Kelleci Osman Pasha

No picture available

1769

1771

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 38]

After him, a kaymakam (acting governor) probably ruled for a year

129

Vekil Osman Pasha

No picture available

1772

1773

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 39]

Died shortly after taking office[1][2]

130

Kara Halil Pasha

No picture available

1773

1774

Beylerbey

[1][2][121][note 40]

Had little power; actual power was held by Mamluk Muhammad Bey Abu'l-Dhahab[122]

131

Hacı Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1774

1775

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 41]

132

Izzet Mehmed Pasha

No picture available

1775

1778

Beylerbey

[1][2][123][note 42]

Deposed by local emirs Mamluk on 15 July 1778[124]

133

Raif Ismail Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1779

1779

Beylerbey

[1][125][note 43]

He was replaced by the sultan in late September 1779 with Ibrahim Pasha[126]

134

Ibrahim Pasha

No picture available

1779

1779

Beylerbey

[127][note 44]

He died in office in November 1779 (one month after his arrival)[128]

135

Raif Ismail Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1779

1780

Beylerbey

[1][128][note 43]

Reappointed November 1779, but deposed by local Mamluk emirs in July 1780[128]

Ibrahim Bey (1st)

No picture available

1780

1781

Kaymakam

[128]

The sultan gave office back to Raif Ismail Pasha, but Ibrahim Bey didn't comply[129]

136

Melek Mehmed Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1781

1782

Beylerbey

[1][130][note 45]

His rule was peaceful and he was well-liked by the emirs[131]

137

Name unknown

No picture available

1782

1783

Beylerbey

[132][note 46]

His identity is unknown, perhaps partially named "Sharif/Şerif Pasha"

138

Silahdar Mehmed Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1783

1784

Beylerbey

[1][2][note 47]

Deposed by the Mamluk bey Murad Bey on 30 October 1784[133]

Murad Bey

1784

1785

Kaymakam

[133]

He deposed his predecessor, but he was already the de facto ruler of Egypt[133]

Ibrahim Bey (2nd)

No picture available

1784

1785

Kaymakam

[134]

The incoming governor made him acting governor on 20 February 1785[134]

139

Yeğen Seyyid Mehmed Pasha [tr]

No picture available

1785

1786

Beylerbey

[1][2][135][note 48]

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha expelled the Mamluk emirs (Murad and Ibrahim)[1][136]

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha

No picture available

1786

1787

Admiral

[137]

De facto ruler when Keki Abdi Pasha refused the office until emirs were defeated[137]

140

Keki Abdi Pasha (1st)

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1787

1788

Beylerbey

[1][2][137]

Appointed on 24 October 1786, but left governance to Hasan Pasha for a while[137]

141

Ismail Pasha the Tripolitanian (1st)

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1788

1789

Beylerbey

[1][138][note 49]

The sultan reinstated Keki Abdi Pasha upon his request on 3 January 1789[139]

142

Keki Abdi Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1789

1789

Beylerbey

[139]

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Ismail Pasha's mentor, asked sultan to reinstate him[139]

143

Ismail Pasha the Tripolitanian (2nd)

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1789

1791

Beylerbey

[139][note 49]

Dismissed and appointed governor of Morea Eyalet[140]

144

Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha

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1791

1794

Beylerbey

[1][2][141][142][note 50]

Murad Bey and Ibrahim Bey, previously exiled in 1786, returned to de facto power[143]

145

Kayserili Hacı Salih Pasha

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1794

1796

Beylerbey

[1][2][142]

Mamluk emirs Murad Bey and Ibrahim Bey continued to wield de facto power[142]

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

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1796

1798

Beylerbey

[1][2][144][note 51]

French troops under Napoleon landed at Alexandria and later reached Cairo[144]

147

Abdullah Pasha al-Azm

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1798

1799

Beylerbey

[1][2][145][note 52]

Napoleon had him confirmed governor as a sign of Ottoman consent to his rule[145]

147

Nasuh Pasha al-Azm

No picture available

1800

1801

Beylerbey

[1][2][146][note 53]

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

[1][2][147][148][149][note 54]

Dismissed 21 September 1801, he left for his estate on 8 January 1802[148][149]

149

Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1st)

No picture available

1802

1803

Beylerbey

[1][2][148][150][note 55]

Arrived 22 January 1802;[150] he was instructed to kill or imprison Mamluk emirs

Tahir Pasha

No picture available

1803

1803

Kaymakam

[151][note 56]

Grabbed power; head of Albanian troops; assassinated by Janissaries in 26 days[152]

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

[1][153][154][note 57]

Took power in June against the Albanians, although they had de facto control[154]

Ibrahim Bey (3rd; concurrently)

No picture available

1803

1804

Kaymakam

[155][156]

Made governor by Muhammad Ali of Egypt in June, who governed through him[155]

151

Trabluslu Ali Pasha (concurrently)

No picture available

1803

1804

Beylerbey

[1][2][157]

Sent by the Ottomans in July to take back Egypt from the Albanians, but killed[157]

152

Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (2nd)

No picture available

1804

1804

Beylerbey

[158][note 58]

He was a puppet governor for 2 days under Muhammad Ali of Egypt[158]

153

Hurshid Ahmed Pasha

1804

1805

Beylerbey

[1][2][159][160]

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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