Muhassıl Osman Pasha ("Osman Pasha the Tax-collector"; died 27 November 1750), also known asHalepli Osman Pasha ("ofAleppo") orUthman Pasha al-Halabi, was anOttoman statesman. He served as the Ottoman governor of various provinces (eyalets), includingTripoli (1731–33, 1735–39),Egypt (1733–35),Damascus (1739–40),Adana (1740),Sidon (1740–46), andJeddah (1746–50, again in 1750).[1][2]
He was originally fromAleppo and became avizier in December 1731.[1] He died in office while governor of Jeddah on 27 November 1750.
According toal-Jabarti, during Osman Pasha's term asgovernor of Egypt from 1733 to 1735, there was a man claiming to be a prophet as well as widespreadapocalyptic fears. The man was beaten by the authorities, and when the Day of Judgment failed to occur, the people claimed that their religious leaders had prayed to Allah to delay the apocalypse.[3]
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| Preceded by | Ottoman Governor of Egypt 1733–1735 | Succeeded by |