Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar was the Acre-based Bosniak Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet from 1776 until his death in 1804 and the simultaneous governor of Damascus Eyalet in 1785-1786, 1790-1795, 1798-1799, and 1803-1804.
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Al-Jazzar was a chief assassin and protégé of the Mamluk strongman of Egypt, Ali Bey al-Kabir (pictured)
Skyline of Acre, where al-Jazzar established his headquarters
Remains of the Beaufort Castle that al-Jazzar had destroyed along with other fortress strongholds of the Shia Muslim clans in Jabal Amil
Artistic representation of the siege of Acre
Al-Jazzar condemning a criminal in Acre, at his court in 1800
El-Jazzar Mosque, built by al-Jazzar in 1778
The former moat of Acre and fortifications built by al-JazzarAbout this person
Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar was the Acre-based Bosniak Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet from 1776 until his death in 1804 and the simultaneous governor of Damascus Eyalet in 1785-1786, 1790-1795, 1798-1799, and 1803-1804. Having left his native Bosnia as a youth, he began a military career in Egypt in the service of mamluk officials, eventually becoming a chief enforcer for Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egypt's practical ruler. Al-Jazzar fell out with Ali Bey in 1768 after refusing to take part in the assassination of another of his former masters. He ultimately fled to Syria, where he was tasked by the Ottomans with defending Beirut from a joint assault by the Russian Navy and Daher al-Umar, the Acre-based ruler of northern Palestine. He eventually surrendered and entered Daher's service before defecting from him.
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