Garabed Artin Pasha Davoudian

Garabet Artin Pasha Davoudian (also Garabed Artin Davoudian, Davud Pasha, Dawud Pasha; ) was an Ottoman career diplomat and the first mutasarrif of Mount Lebanon from 1861 to 1868, following the establishment of the Règlement Organique.

Early life Dawud Pasha was born around 1816 to an aristocratic Armenian Catholic family in Istanbul. He received his education in French and Ottoman schools. One of his major antagonists was Youssef Bey Karam, a local Maronite strongman who mounted a rebellion against the Ottomans from 1866 to 1867. Despite the animosity of the local population, Dawud Pasha was credited with implementing a fair rule.

Resignation and exile The Ottoman foreign ministry was suspicious of Dawud Pasha's direct dealings with the European merchants and diplomatic delegations in Beirut; prerogative traditionally linked to his superior, the provincial governor. In 1868, Dawud Pasha pressured the Sublime Porte for more power by tendering his resignation, which was accepted. He was received back in Istanbul where he was appointed Minister of Public Works. He was later accused of corruption and exiled to France.