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Kara Mustafa Pasha (governor of Egypt)

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370:, they sent messengers to inform him of what had occurred. Ali Pasha, angry at the news, proceeded to put one of the messengers in chains, but the troops in the area loyal to Mustafa Pasha released the messenger, destroyed Ali Pasha's camp, and forced him to reembark on his ship. When a wind accidentally brought his ship back to the port, Mustafa Pasha had his troops fire cannonballs at the ship. Because of unfavorable wind conditions, Ali Pasha was forced to spend the winter in another port before heading back to 419:) after auditing the treasury, in a way similar to what Mustafa Pasha himself had done to his own predecessor Silahdar Ibrahim Pasha. Mustafa Pasha, acting as though he could not pay the amount (despite the wealth he had apparently amassed while in office), sold his belongings to further his ruse. However, Bayram Pasha did not let up until Mustafa Pasha paid the entire sum. 402:
experienced a plague from November 1625 to June 1626, which, although largely restricted to affecting those over 60 years old, nevertheless reportedly killed approximately 300,000 people. To mollify and hasten the grieving process (and possibly to avoid further contagion from corpses), Mustafa Pasha
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to higher-than-expected level, but the waters receded in time for sowing, and a successful harvest followed. Mustafa Pasha reportedly confiscated the inheritances of a large number of wealthy Egyptians for himself, growing wealthy from the practice; when heirs existed, he would reportedly fake their
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As the soldiers welcomed Mustafa Pasha back as governor, he privately wrote to the sultan to ask for a confirmation of his re-commencement of the office, with many local figures also writing to the sultan on his behalf. When the soldiers were informed that the now-unemployed replacement governor
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The entire army then reportedly swore on the Quran to be resolute in their will. The next day, 11 October 1623, the armies and the sanjak-beys had Mustafa Pasha read the sultan's orders for his replacement and audit. When the army members again demanded compensation from the new
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banned all funerals, and the bodies were carried through the streets and buried without ceremony. Mustafa Pasha was dismissed from the office of governor for the second and final time on 16 May 1626.
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arrived with a letter from the sultan in Constantinople confirming the reinstatement, and soon afterwards, the chief footman of the sultan arrived to deliver Mustafa Pasha's governor's
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No news arrived from the capital confirming or denying whether Mustafa Pasha was the rightful governor, and the populace began to grow uneasy. Finally, on 16 February 1624, a
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after only five months in office, as the custom of the sultans was to change the governors of Egypt in rapid succession, the local Ottoman troops marched to the new
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to the throne, as well as the political chaos around the event that occurred before Ibrahim Pasha arrived back in Constantinople, allowed him to keep the money.
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and deputy governor, they reproached the soldiers by saying that they constantly demanded the same thing every three months, to which the soldiers replied,
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before they escaped. The soldiers then declared, "We will have no other governor than Mustafa; let Ali return to the place from whence he came."
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was lost, and it was suspected that Mustafa Pasha had taken it for himself. However, the army refused this request, telling him,
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is already arrived in that city, they will put him into his hands; if they do not find him there, let them conduct him to
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This article is about the Ottoman governor of Egypt (1623, 1624–1626). For the Ottoman grand vizier (1676–1683), see
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When the deputy governor replied that he could not compensate the soldiers until the new governor arrived in
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delayed them until the next day and at the same time asked them to bring Mustafa Pasha to him, as the
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s house and demanded the bonus salaries they usually received when the governor was replaced. The new
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of failing to pay the customary contribution of every governor of Egypt to the treasury. He sent his
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s initial task was to analyze the affairs of Mustafa Pasha; one of the paintings belonging to the
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After taking office as governor of Egypt for the first time, he accused his predecessor
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In the first year (1624) of Mustafa Pasha's second term as governor of Egypt,
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After leaving office, Mustafa Pasha was hounded by his successor
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Mehmet Süreyya (1996) , Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.),
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for guards, and let them conduct him to Alexandria. If
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Index

Kara Mustafa Pasha
Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Pasha
Damat
Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Egypt
Murad IV
Çeşteci Ali Pasha
Bayram Pasha
Mustafa I
Murad IV
Silahdar Ibrahim Pasha
Çeşteci Ali Pasha
Ottoman
Fatma Sultan
Ottoman
Ottoman governor of
Egypt
agha
Janissary
Enderun
Fatma Sultan
Ahmed I
Murad IV
Silahdar Ibrahim Pasha
sultan
Istanbul
Mustafa I
Murad IV
Çeşteci Ali Pasha
seraglio

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