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

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).

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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References

  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.
Political offices Preceded by Defterdar 1589–1593 Succeeded by Preceded byKurd Mehmed Pasha Ottoman Governor of Egypt 1594–1595 Succeeded byHızır Pasha Preceded by Defterdar 1595 Succeeded by Preceded by Ottoman Governor of Damascus 1599–1600 Succeeded by