Husayn Pasha

Husayn ibn Hasan حسين باشا بن حسن Pasha
Sanjak-bey of Gaza
In office 1644–1660
Monarch	Mehmed IV
Preceded by	'Arab Hasan Pasha ibn Ahmad
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Pasha ibn Husayn
In office 1661–1662
Preceded by	Ibrahim Pasha ibn Husayn
Succeeded by	Musa Pasha ibn Hasan
Personal details
Born	Gaza
Died	1663 Istanbul
Children	Ibrahim Pasha ibn Husayn Shaqra Khatun (daughter)
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Commands	Amir al-hajj

Husayn Pasha ibn Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Ridwan ibn Mustafa ibn Abd al-Mu'in (Arabic: حسين باشا بن حسن رضوان‎‎) (died 1662/63) was the Ottoman governor of Gaza Sanjak, which extended from Jaffa and Ramla in the north to Bayt Jibrin in the east and Rafah in the south, with Gaza as its capital. His governorship began in 1644, when he succeeded his father 'Arab Hasan Pasha, until his imprisonment in 1662. He served intermittent terms as governor of Nablus and Jerusalem and as amir al-hajj. Husayn Pasha's rule was marked by a period of prosperity that temporarily established Gaza as the virtual capital of Palestine. He maintained amiable relations with the Bedouin tribes of the Negev, the local Christian communities and the French consul in Jerusalem. In 1662, Husayn Pasha was imprisoned by the Ottoman imperial authorities and was executed in his Istanbul prison cell later that year, or in 1663.

In the mid-17th century Husayn Pasha served as governor of Jerusalem and Nablus. From 1524, his family, the Ridwan dynasty, had administered much of Palestine and parts of the Lebanon and Syria on behalf of their Ottoman superiors based in Istanbul and Damascus. Husayn Pasha was also appointed amir al-hajj (commander of the Hajj caravan). This position entrusted him with provisioning and protecting the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan from Bedouin raids while the pilgrims traversed the desert route to Mecca in the Hejaz.

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