Pasha of Tripoli was a title that was held by many rulers of Tripoli in Ottoman Tripolitania. The Ottoman Empire ruled the territory for most time from the Siege of Tripoli in 1551 until the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, at the onset of the Italo-Turkish War.
List TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesTripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)15 August 1551 to 1556 Murad Agha, Beylerbey1556 to 23 June 1565 Turgut (Dragut) Reis, BeylerbeyDied during the Great Siege of MaltaJuly 1565 to 27 June 1568 Kiliç Ali Pasha, Beylerbey27 June 1568 to 28 March 1571 Yahya Pasha, Beylerbey28 March 1571 to 1572 Cafer Pasha, Beylerbey1572 to 1574 Mustafa Pasha, Beylerbey1574 to 5 July 1577 Haydar Pasha, Beylerbey1st time5 July 1577 to 1578 Hasan Pasha, Beylerbey1578 to 1584 Haydar Pasha, Beylerbey2nd time1584 to 1585 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey1st time1585 to 1589 Ramazan Pasha, Beylerbey1589 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey2nd time1589 to October 1590 Istanköylü Ahmed Pasha, BeylerbeyOctober 1590 to 1595 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey3rd time1595 to December 1603 Memi Mehmed Pasha, BeylerbeyDecember 1603 to 1614 Safer Dey, Beylerbey1614 to 1626 Sherif Pasha, Beylerbey1626 Ramazan Dey, Beylerbey1626 to January 1631 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha, BeylerbeyJanuary 1631 to 29 April 1672 Sakizli Osman Pasha, BeylerbeyLongest-serving Ottoman governor of Tripolitania29 April 1672 to July 1672 Osman Reis as-Suhali, BeylerbeyJuly 1672 to May 1675 Bali Çavush, Beylerbey18 May 1675 to January 1677 Misirliohlu Ibrahim Pasha, BeylerbeyJanuary 1677 Inebolulu Ibrahim Çelebi, BeylerbeyJanuary 1677 to April 1677 Istanköylü Büyük Mustafa, BeylerbeyApril 1677 to 1678 Baba Osman, Beylerbey1678 to 1682 Ak Mehmed Timur, Beylerbey1682 to 21 June 1682 Abaza Hüseyin, Beylerbey21 June 1682 to 1683 Cezayirli Abdullah, Beylerbey1683 Terzi Ibrahim, Beylerbey1683 to October 1687 Halil Pasha, BeylerbeyOctober 1687 to 1689 Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey1st time1689 to 3 February 1695 Bosnak Ismail Pasha, Beylerbey3 February 1695 to 1 August 1700 Destari Mehmed Pasha, Beylerbey2nd time1 August 1700 to 20 November 1700 Turgutlulu Kahveci Osman, Beylerbey20 November 1700 to December 1702 Gelibolulu Haci Mustafa, BeylerbeyDecember 1702 to 23 November 1710 Halil Pasha, Beylerbey23 November 1710 to 20 January 1711 Ismail Hoça, Beylerbey20 January 1711 to 4 July 1711 Mehmed Hüseyin Çavush, Beylerbey4 July 1711 to 29 July 1711 Abu Umays Mahmud, BeylerbeyTripoli Regency (Karamanli dynasty)29 July 1711 to 2 November 1745 Ahmad I Pasha (Sidi Hamid Qaramanli Quluglu), SultanTook power in the 1711 Karamanli coup2 November 1745 to 24 July 1754 Mehmed Pasha, Sultan24 July 1754 to 30 July 1793 Ali I Pasha, Sultan30 July 1793 to November 1794 Seydi Ali (II) Pasha, SultanUsurperNovember 1794 to 24 January 1796 Ahmad II Bey, Sultan24 January 1796 to 5 August 1832 Yusuf Pasha, SultanRuled during the Barbary Wars against the United States1817 Mehmed, SultanIn rebellion, 1st time1824 Mehmed ibn `Ali, SultanIn rebellion, 1st time1826 Mehmed, SultanIn rebellion, 2nd timeJuly 1832 Mehmed, SultanIn rebellion, 3rd time1835 Mehmed ibn `Ali, SultanIn rebellion, 2nd time5 August 1832 to 26 May 1835 Ali II Pasha, SultanTripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)26 May 1835 to 7 September 1835 Mustafa Negib Pasha, WaliGovernor7 September 1835 to 6 May 1837 Mahmud Raif Pasha, WaliGovernor6 May 1837 to 5 September 1838 Çeshmeli Hasan Pasha, WaliGovernor5 September 1838 to 15 July 1842 Ali Asker Pasha, WaliGovernor15 July 1842 to 22 April 1847 Mehmed Emin Pasha, WaliGovernor22 April 1847 to 13 September 1849 Ragib Pasha, WaliGovernor13 September 1849 to 16 September 1852 Izzet Ahmed Pasha, WaliGovernor16 September 1852 to 1 November 1855 Mustafa Nuri Pasha, WaliGovernor1 November 1855 to 1 October 1857 Osman Pasha, WaliGovernor1 October 1857 to 4 August 1860 Ahmed Izzet Pasha, WaliGovernor, 1st time4 August 1860 to 18 June 1867Mahmud Nedim Pasha, WaliGovernorJune 1867 to July 1867 Hassan Pasha, acting Waliacting GovernorJuly 1867 to May 1870 Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha, WaliGovernor, 1st timeMay 1870 to June 1870 Mustafa Pasha, acting Waliacting GovernorJune 1870 to September 1871 Mehmed Halet Pasha, WaliGovernorSeptember 1871 to April 1872 Bostancibahizade Mehmed Rashid Pasha, WaliGovernorApril 1872 to 6 June 1873 Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha, WaliGovernor, 2nd time6 June 1873 to November 1874 Hasan Samih Pasha, WaliGovernorNovember 1874 to February 1875 Mustafa Asim Pasha, WaliGovernorFebruary 1875 to August 1877 Mustafa Sidki Pasha, WaliGovernor1877 Mehmed Çelaleddin Pasha, WaliGovernorDecember 1877 to February 1878 Söylemezoglu Ali Kemali, WaliGovernorFebruary 1878 to July 1879 Mehmed Sabri Pasha, WaliGovernorJuly 1879 to May 1880 Ahmed Izzet Pasha, WaliGovernor, 2nd timeMay 1880 to October 1881 Mehmed Nazif Pasha, WaliGovernorOctober 1881 to June 1896 Ahmed Rasim Pasha, WaliGovernorJune 1896 to March 1899 Nemik Bey, WaliGovernorMarch 1899 to July 1900 Haçim Bey, WaliGovernorJuly 1900 to December 1903Hafiz Mehmed Pasha, WaliGovernorDecember 1903 to May 1904 Hasan Husni Pasha (Hüseyin Effendi), WaliGovernorMay 1904 to August 1904 Abderrahman Bey, acting Waliacting GovernorAugust 1904 to August 1908Rexhep Pasha, WaliGovernorDecember 1908 to August 1909 Ahmed Favzi Pasha, WaliGovernorAugust 1909 to August 1910Hüseyin Husni Pasha, WaliGovernorAugust 1910 to 1911Ibrahim Pasha, acting Waliacting Governor1911 Bekir Samih Bey, WaliGovernor, did not take office1911 to 5 October 1911 Besim Bey, acting Waliacting Governor1911 to 15 January 1913 Neshet Bey, WaliGovernor1913 to 1915 ...., WaliGovernor, in exile1915 to 1917 Osman Bey, WaliGovernor, in exile1917 to 1918 Nuri Bey, WaliGovernor, in exile1918 Ishaq Bey, WaliGovernor, in exileApril 1918 to 16 November 1918Osman Fuad Pasha, WaliGovernor, in exile
For continuation after Italian conquest, see: List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania and List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica
See also Red Castle of Tripoli Ottoman Tripolitania Italian Libya List of governors-general of Italian Libya Italian Tripolitania List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania Italian Cyrenaica List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica
References World Statesmen – Libya