Seyyid Emir Mehmed Pasha (Turkish: Şerif/Seyyid/Emir Mehmed Paşa), known by the epithet "al-Sharif" among his Arab subjects, was an Ottoman statesman who served as defterdar[1] (finance minister) (1589–1593, 1595), Ottoman governor of Egypt (1596–1598),[2][3][4] and Ottoman governor of Damascus (1599–1600).

In the Ottoman Empire, Muhammad's descendants formed a kind of nobility with the privilege of wearing green turbans.

He was a descendant of Hussein ibn Ali, earning him the epithet "sayyid." While he was the governor of Egypt (with the title beylerbey, often known as viceroy), he was reportedly a frequent visitor of the Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo.[2] In 1599, he became a vizier.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mehmet Süreyya Bey (1996). Sicill-i Osmanî. 6. Kültür Bakanlığı ile Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'nın ortak yayınıdır. pp. ii, 1687. ISBN 978-975-333-044-2.
  2. ^ a b Michael Winter (14 January 2004). Egyptian Society Under Ottoman Rule, 1517–1798. Taylor & Francis. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-203-16923-0.
  3. ^ Yılmaz Öztuna (1979). Başlangıcından zamanımıza kadar büyük Türkiye tarihi: Türkiye'nin siyasî, medenî, kültür, teşkilât ve san'at tarihi. Ötüken Yayınevi. p. 51.
  4. ^ İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı (1945). Osmanli devletinin saray teşkilâti. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi. p. 390.
  • Süreyya, Bey M, Nuri Akbayar, and Seyit A. Kahraman. Sicill-i Osmanî. Beşiktaş, İstanbul: Kültür Bakanlığı ile Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı'nın ortak yayınıdır, 1996. Print.
Political offices
Preceded by
Defterdar
1589–1593
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1594–1595
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Defterdar
1595
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Ottoman Governor of Damascus
1599–1600
Succeeded by