Ibrahim Pasha Qataraghasi
| Ibrahim Pasha Qataraghasi | |
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| Wali of Aleppo | |
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In office 1807–1808 |
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| Monarch | Mahmud II |
| Preceded by | Müftizâde Ahmed Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha |
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In office 1802 – 1804 (or 1805) |
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| Monarch | Mahmud I |
| Preceded by | Nasuh Pasha al-Azm |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Hameed Pasha |
| Wali o f Damascus | |
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In office 1804–1805 |
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| Monarch | Mahmud I |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Pasha al-Azm |
| Personal details | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire |
| Commands |
Amir al-hajj (1805) Commander of Aleppo's Hajj caravan (1770s–1780s) |
Ibrahim Pasha Qatarağasi (nisba also spelled Qattar Aghasi or Qataraghasi) was an Ottoman statesman who served as wali (governor) of Aleppo, Damascus, Diyarbekir and Tripoli eyalets (provinces) in the early 19th century.
Most Likely of Albanian origin,there is scarce information about Ibrahim Pasha's early life. However, in the 1770s and 1780s, he served as a trusted retainer of Muhammad Taha (Mehmed Effeni Tahazade), the naqib al-ashraf (head of the order Muhammad's descendants) of Aleppo. Muhammad Taha served the office for 25 years (in 1747–1767 and 1782–1786), and was able to unify the city's ashraf into a political and military force that confronted Aleppo's powerful Jannisary faction. Taha charged Ibrahim Pasha (then known as "Ibrahim Agha") with collecting taxes in Aleppo's rural hinterland (Taha owned several tax farms in this area), enabling Ibrahim to accumulate significant wealth.
During his career, Ibrahim Pasha commanded the armed guard of Aleppo's Hajj pilgrim caravan, known as the qatar, which connected with the much larger Damascus caravan before its departure for Mecca. He was thus given the nisba Qataraghasi (agha of the qatar). Following Taha's death in 1786, Ibrahim Pasha succeeded him as the virtual leader of Aleppo's ashraf faction, but not as naqib al-ashraf. Between 1788 and 1798, he served as mutasallim (chief tax collector, district governor) of Aleppo. In 1799, he served a brief assignment as wali (governor) of Damascus Eyalet. That year, he also led a contingent of Aleppan ashraf forces against the French invasion of the empire's Egyptian and Syrian lands.
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