About Haseki Mehmed Pasha
Haseki Mehmed Pasha was a Turkish politician.
Haseki Mehmed Pasha (also known as Mehmed Pasha Haseki or Mehmed Pasha Abu'l-Nur; 1648–1661) was an Ottoman statesman and administrator. He served as the Ottoman governor of Damascus Eyalet (1650–52, 1656), Egypt Eyalet (1652–56), Baghdad Eyalet (1656–59), He was known by the local Egyptians as Abu'l-Nur, or "the father of light," for restoring buildings and whitewashing them.
Also while governor of Baghdad, Mehmed Pasha sequenced works of diwan poetry.
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Who was Haseki Mehmed Pasha?
Ottoman governor of Egypt, Damascus, Baghdad, and Aleppo
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Haseki Mehmed Pasha was Turkish.
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