Koca Sinan Pasha
In 1517, Egypt became a province of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans appointed a regional governor in Cairo, with the title of "beylerbey". They also created the title of "kaymakam", which denoted an acting governor who ruled over Egypt between the departure of the previous "beylerbey" and the arrival of the next one. The Ottoman government in Egypt came to rely on Albanians to staff their government, and Albanians soon made up much of the military and special bashiazouk units. Several Albanians even rose to the office of governor, the most famous of which were Dukakinzade Mehmed Pasha, Koca Sinan Pasha, Abdurrahman Abdi Arnavut Pasha, and Mere Hüseyin Pasha.