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Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar (Arabic: أحمد باشا الجزّار, c. 1720–30s – 7 May 1804) was the Acre-based Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet from 1776 until his death...

Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar. The el-Jazzar Mosque was the project of its namesake, Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar, the Acre-based governor of the...

soldier) by Jazzar Pasha either while the latter was in Egypt or in his first years in Syria in the 1770s. He became a member of Jazzar's inner circle...

his longtime rival, Jazzar Pasha who ruled Damascus from his stronghold in Acre, then capital of Sidon Eyalet. Abdullah Pasha's appointment was well...

south-western corner of the walls. Al-Jazzar Mosque was built in 1781. Jazzar Pasha and his successor, Sulayman Pasha al-Adil, are both buried in a small...

nine-month interruption in 1822–23. Like his predecessors Jazzar Pasha and Sulayman Pasha, Abdullah Pasha ruled from the port city of Acre. During his reign...

loyalist Jazzar Pasha took over Beirut from local Druze sheikhs. The Druze had previously been in conflict with Zahir, but due to Jazzar's offensive...

Jazzar Pasha was appointed Wali of Sidon by the Sublime Porte for his role in uprooting the Zaydani sheikhdom. Unlike the Galilee-born Zahir, Jazzar was...

and Damascus, Jazzar Pasha, was on his deathbed, the Porte quietly appointed Ibrahim Pasha his successor in both provinces. Jazzar Pasha died in April–May...

Bey's Mamluk Yusuf Bey al-Jazzar and Jazzar Pasha were known for massacring Bedouins and given the name "butcher" (al-Jazzar) for it.[relevant?] After...

ultimately prevailed when the powerful Ottoman governor of Sidon, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar, confirmed his control of the Mount Lebanon tax farms after Yusuf promised...

officially part of Sidon during Jazzar Pasha's governorship, 1776–1804) Marj Ayyun (appended to Sidon during Jazzar Pasha's governorship) Sidon Eyalet consisted...

Zahir's death the Ottomans regained control of the area. In 1799 governor Jazzar Pasha repelled an assault on Acre by troops of Napoleon, prompting the French...

troops of the capable Jezzar Pasha, refusing to surrender, withstood the siege for one and a half months. Haim Farhi, al-Jazzar's Jewish adviser and right-hand...

of Sidon, Jazzar Pasha, moved to oust Zahir's sons from their Galilee strongholds. Ali made a final, unsuccessful stand against Jazzar Pasha from Safed...

and Herzegovina. Safvet-beg Bašagić claims that the Ottoman governor Jazzar Pasha (born as Ahmed Pervan) hails from the Pervan family from Fatnica. Official...

amplified in 1781 following the death of Nasif al-Nassar in battle against Jazzar Pasha, who brought Jabal Amel under his suzerainty, concurrent with the earlier...

immigrants from Nazareth who moved to the town to avoid the exactions of Jazzar Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Acre. Muslim–Christian relations were amicable...

Christian community did not fare well under Zahir's Ottoman successor, Jazzar Pasha (r. 1776–1804), and friction increased between its Christians and Muslim...

the Russians a tribute in exchange for their liberation of Beirut from Jazzar Pasha, Shihab's insubordinate vassal whom he had recently appointed as governor...