Seyyid Abdullah Pasha (also known as Boynueğri Seyyid Abdullah Pasha "Seyyid Abdullah Pasha the Crooked-neck"; died March 1761, Aleppo) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier from 1747 to 1750. He also served as the Ottoman governor of Cyprus (1745–46, again in 1746–47), Rakka (1746), Konya (1750), Bosnia (1750–51), Egypt (1751–52), Diyarbekir (1752–60), and Aleppo (1760).[1][2]

Abdullah Pasha was born in Kirkuk, the son of Blond Seyyid Hasan-aga, who served as grand sheyhulislam of the Ottoman Empire before him. He attended the Enderun palace school as a youth and became a vizier in December 1745.[1]

He died in office as governor of Aleppo in March 1760.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.), Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, p. 80
  2. ^ 'Abd al-Rahman Jabarti; Thomas Philipp; Moshe Perlmann (1994). Abd Al-Rahmann Al-Jabarti's History of Egypt. Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. p. 307.
Political offices Preceded byTiryaki Hacı Mehmed Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 24 August 1747 – 2 January 1750 Succeeded byDivitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha Preceded byEbubekir Pasha Ottoman Governor of Bosnia 1750–1751 Succeeded byKöprülü Hacı Ahmed Pasha Preceded byNişancı Ahmed Pasha Ottoman Governor of Egypt 1751–1752 Succeeded byDivitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha


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