Pasha of Tripoli

Map of Ottoman Tripolitania (*red*), 1609.

Map of Ottoman Tripolitania (*red*), 1795.

Map of Ottoman Tripolitania (*red*), 1900.

Pasha of Tripoli was a title that was held by many rulers of Tripoli in Ottoman Tripolitania. The Ottoman Empire ruled the territory for most time from the Siege of Tripoli in 1551 until the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, at the onset of the Italo-Turkish War.

List

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
*Tripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)*
15 August 1551 to 1556	Murad Agha, Beylerbey
1556 to 23 June 1565	Turgut (Dragut) Reis, Beylerbey	Died during the Great Siege of Malta
July 1565 to 27 June 1568	Kiliç Ali Pasha, Beylerbey
27 June 1568 to 28 March 1571	Yahya Pasha, Beylerbey
28 March 1571 to 1572	Cafer Pasha, Beylerbey
1572 to 1574	Mustafa Pasha, Beylerbey
1574 to 5 July 1577	Haydar Pasha, Beylerbey	1st time
5 July 1577 to 1578	Hasan Pasha, Beylerbey
1578 to 1584	Haydar Pasha, Beylerbey	2nd time
1584 to 1585	Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey	1st time
1585 to 1589	Ramazan Pasha, Beylerbey
1589	Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey	2nd time
1589 to October 1590	Istanköylü Ahmed Pasha, Beylerbey
October 1590 to 1595	Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey	3rd time
1595 to December 1603	Memi Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey
December 1603 to 1614	Safer Dey, Beylerbey
1614 to 1626	Sherif Pasha, Beylerbey
1626	Ramazan Dey, Beylerbey
1626 to January 1631	Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey
January 1631 to 29 April 1672	Sakizli Osman Pasha, Beylerbey	Longest-serving Ottoman governor of Tripolitania
29 April 1672 to July 1672	Osman Reis as-Suhali, Beylerbey
July 1672 to May 1675	Bali Çavush, Beylerbey
18 May 1675 to January 1677	Misirliohlu Ibrahim Pasha, Beylerbey
January 1677	Inebolulu Ibrahim Çelebi, Beylerbey
January 1677 to April 1677	Istanköylü Büyük Mustafa, Beylerbey
April 1677 to 1678	Baba Osman, Beylerbey
1678 to 1682	Ak Mehmed Timur, Beylerbey
1682 to 21 June 1682	Abaza Hüseyin, Beylerbey
21 June 1682 to 1683	Cezayirli Abdullah, Beylerbey
1683	Terzi Ibrahim, Beylerbey
1683 to October 1687	Halil Pasha, Beylerbey
October 1687 to 1689	Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey	1st time
1689 to 3 February 1695	Bosnak Ismail Pasha, Beylerbey
3 February 1695 to 1 August 1700	Destari Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey	2nd time
1 August 1700 to 20 November 1700	Turgutlulu Kahveci Osman, Beylerbey
20 November 1700 to December 1702	Gelibolulu Haci Mustafa, Beylerbey
December 1702 to 23 November 1710	Halil Pasha, Beylerbey
23 November 1710 to 20 January 1711	Ismail Hoça, Beylerbey
20 January 1711 to 4 July 1711	Mehmed Hüseyin Çavush, Beylerbey
4 July 1711 to 29 July 1711	Abu Umays Mahmud, Beylerbey
*Tripoli Regency (Karamanli dynasty)*
29 July 1711 to 2 November 1745	Ahmad I Pasha (Sidi Hamid Qaramanli Quluglu), Sultan	Took power in the 1711 Karamanli coup
2 November 1745 to 24 July 1754	Mehmed Pasha, Sultan
24 July 1754 to 30 July 1793	Ali I Pasha, Sultan
30 July 1793 to November 1794	Seydi Ali (II) Pasha, Sultan	Usurper
November 1794 to 24 January 1796	Ahmad II Bey, Sultan
24 January 1796 to 5 August 1832	Yusuf Pasha, Sultan	Ruled during the Barbary Wars against the United States
1817	Mehmed, Sultan	In rebellion, 1st time
1824	Mehmed ibn `Ali, Sultan	In rebellion, 1st time
1826	Mehmed, Sultan	In rebellion, 2nd time
July 1832	Mehmed, Sultan	In rebellion, 3rd time
1835	Mehmed ibn `Ali, Sultan	In rebellion, 2nd time
5 August 1832 to 26 May 1835	Ali II Pasha, Sultan
*Tripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)*
26 May 1835 to 7 September 1835	Mustafa Negib Pasha, Wali	Governor
7 September 1835 to 6 May 1837	Mahmud Raif Pasha, Wali	Governor
6 May 1837 to 5 September 1838	Çeshmeli Hasan Pasha, Wali	Governor
5 September 1838 to 15 July 1842	Ali Asker Pasha, Wali	Governor
15 July 1842 to 22 April 1847	Mehmed Emin Pasha, Wali	Governor
22 April 1847 to 13 September 1849	Ragib Pasha, Wali	Governor
13 September 1849 to 16 September 1852	Izzet Ahmed Pasha, Wali	Governor
16 September 1852 to 1 November 1855	Mustafa Nuri Pasha, Wali	Governor
1 November 1855 to 1 October 1857	Osman Pasha, Wali	Governor
1 October 1857 to 4 August 1860	Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Wali	Governor, 1st time
4 August 1860 to 18 June 1867	Mahmud Nedim Pasha, Wali	Governor
June 1867 to July 1867	Hassan Pasha, acting Wali	acting Governor
July 1867 to May 1870	Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha, Wali	Governor, 1st time
May 1870 to June 1870	Mustafa Pasha, acting Wali	acting Governor
June 1870 to September 1871	Mehmed Halet Pasha, Wali	Governor
September 1871 to April 1872	Bostancibahizade Mehmed Rashid Pasha, Wali	Governor
April 1872 to 6 June 1873	Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha, Wali	Governor, 2nd time
6 June 1873 to November 1874	Hasan Samih Pasha, Wali	Governor
November 1874 to February 1875	Mustafa Asim Pasha, Wali	Governor
February 1875 to August 1877	Mustafa Sidki Pasha, Wali	Governor
1877	Mehmed Çelaleddin Pasha, Wali	Governor
December 1877 to February 1878	Söylemezoglu Ali Kemali, Wali	Governor
February 1878 to July 1879	Mehmed Sabri Pasha, Wali	Governor
July 1879 to May 1880	Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Wali	Governor, 2nd time
May 1880 to October 1881	Mehmed Nazif Pasha, Wali	Governor
October 1881 to June 1896	Ahmed Rasim Pasha, Wali	Governor
June 1896 to March 1899	Nemik Bey, Wali	Governor
March 1899 to July 1900	Haçim Bey, Wali	Governor
July 1900 to December 1903	Hafiz Mehmed Pasha, Wali	Governor
December 1903 to May 1904	Hasan Husni Pasha (Hüseyin Effendi), Wali	Governor
May 1904 to August 1904	Abderrahman Bey, acting Wali	acting Governor
August 1904 to August 1908	Rexhep Pasha, Wali	Governor
December 1908 to August 1909	Ahmed Favzi Pasha, Wali	Governor
August 1909 to August 1910	Hüseyin Husni Pasha, Wali	Governor
August 1910 to 1911	Ibrahim Pasha, acting Wali	acting Governor
1911	Bekir Samih Bey, Wali	Governor, did not take office
1911 to 5 October 1911	Besim Bey, acting Wali	acting Governor
1911 to 15 January 1913	Neshet Bey, Wali	Governor
1913 to 1915	...., Wali	Governor, in exile
1915 to 1917	Osman Bey, Wali	Governor, in exile
1917 to 1918	Nuri Bey, Wali	Governor, in exile
1918	Ishaq Bey, Wali	Governor, in exile
April 1918 to 16 November 1918	Osman Fuad Pasha, Wali	Governor, in exile