About Köse Halil Pasha
Lived 1650 – 1715 (aged 64–65). Köse Halil Pasha was a Turkish politician.
Köse Halil Pasha ("Beardless Halil Pasha" in Turkish; died 1715), also known as Khalil Pasha al-Kawsaj ("Thin-bearded Halil Pasha" in Arabic), was an Ottoman statesman who served several high-level roles in the Ottoman Empire's administration, including service as Defterdar (financial minister; 1692/93–1694/95 and 1695/96–1699) and as the Ottoman governor of Bosnia Eyalet (1699–1702), Erzurum Eyalet (1703–04), Van Eyalet (1704–06), Basra Eyalet (1706–07, and again 1707–08), Sidon Eyalet (1708–1710), and Egypt Eyalet (1710–11). During his tenure in Erzurum, Halil Pasha was in command of a military expedition in Georgia in 1703.
As the governor of Egypt, he served during a turbulent time and was overthrown by the local (Mamluk) beys in 1711 after a small civil war.
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Who was Köse Halil Pasha?
Ottoman governor
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Köse Halil Pasha was born in 1650.
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Köse Halil Pasha died in 1715.
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Köse Halil Pasha was a politician.
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Köse Halil Pasha was Turkish.
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