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Biography of Ibrahim PashaName: Ibrahim PashaBirth Date: 1789 Death Date: November, 1848 Place of Birth: Kavalla, Greece Nationality: Turkish Gender: Male Occupations: military leader, political leader Ibrahim Pasha Ibrahim Pasha (1789-1848) was an outstanding Turkish military and administrative leader in the eastern Mediterranean area of the Ottoman Empire.Ibrahim Pasha was born in Kavalla in what is now Greek Macedonia but was then an important Ottoman provincial center. He joined his father, Mohammed Ali, in Egypt in 1805, the same year that the Ottoman sultan had reluctantly accepted Mohammed Ali as his governor and representative. Ibrahim became his father's right-hand man in military affairs, and Mohammed Ali's success in beginning the modernization of Egypt and in establishing an autonomous Egypt ruled by his own dynasty was due to the prowess and skill of both father and son.In 1811 Mohammed Ali sent Ibrahim to Upper Egypt to defeat the remaining Mamluks, to control the Bedouin, and to assert the power of the new government. Ibrahim remained as local governor until 1816, when the Sultan rewarded him for his services to the Ottoman …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…administrative duties. Because of Mohammed Ali's apparent senility, Ibrahim became viceroy in September 1848 but died 2 months later. His widespread and capable military campaigns in support of Mohammed Ali's plans and ambitions made Ibrahim one of the leading figures in the 19th-century Near East. Further Reading The only biography of Ibrahim is Pierre Crabitès, Ibrahim of Egypt (1935). See also the classic study of his father, Mohammed Ali, by Henry Dodwell, Founder of Modern Egypt (1931). For Near Eastern diplomacy, the latest and best book is Matthew Smith Anderson, The Eastern Question, 1774-1923 (1966). William R. Polk, The Opening of South Lebanon, 1788-1840: A Study of the Impact of the West on the Middle East (1963), is an excellent study that deals with Ibrahim's activities in part of greater Syria. For general background on 19th-century Egypt see John A. Marlowe, A History of Modern Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Relations, 1800-1956 (1954; 2d ed. 1965), and Tom Little, Modern Egypt (1967). |