Hurshid Pasha

Hurshid Ahmed Pasha (sometimes written Khurshid Ahmed Pasha;

Early life

He was born in the Caucasus and was of

In 1808, Hurshid Pasha served as the governor of Rumelia.[4]

Suppression of the Serbian Revolution

In March 1809, he was sent to

Suppression of Ali Pasha's revolt and Greek Revolution

In November 1820, he was named mora valisi, governor of the

Hurshid immediately informed the Sultan of the events, and without waiting for instructions, reacted by sending

When news began arriving in Constantinople of the failure of Dramali's expedition at Dervenakia, the Sultan ordered Hurshid to take matters in his own hand and salvage what he could of the situation. However, his opponents continued to plot against him, and agents were sent to kill him. Although he was informed of the threat to his person, Hurshid did not react. Instead, he ordered the post-haste construction of a tomb, and arranged for a very elaborate funeral with all authorities present, without telling anyone who these arrangements were made for. Then he called all authorities, attended his own funeral, and upon completion of the ceremony he committed suicide by taking poison in front of everyone, on 30 November 1822. Despite the public nature of his death, the Sultan's emissaries still had to exhume him and take his head to the Sultan, as these were their orders ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
• List of Ottoman governors of Egypt

References