In the history of Baghdad, the period from 1831 to 1917 began with the fall of the Mamluk state of Iraq in 1831 after the Ottoman Empire occupied the city. It ended with the Fall of Baghdad on 11 March 1917 after the British Empire occupied the city during the First World War. Ali Rıza Pasha was a first Ottoman Governor of Baghdad, and Khalil Pasha was the last.
Timeline 1831 - In April, a flood occurred that destroyed 7,000 houses and killed 40,000 inhabitants 1832 – The uprising of Abdul Ghani Al-Jameel against Ottoman Governor Ali Reza Pasha failed. 1845 – A plague was spreading in Baghdad . 1853 – Baháʼu'lláh and his family arrived in Baghdad coming from Iran on 8 April, where he stayed for 10 years. 1854 – The Islamic scholar Mahmud al-Alusi dies. 1864 – An earthquake happened in Baghdad on 7 December. 1869 – Midhat Pasha is now in power . 1870 Municipal council established. City walls demolished. 1871 – Population: 65,000. 1879 – Many Kurds come to Baghdad after a major famine had spread in the Kurdistan region, and this year people from Baghdad knew it would be Bersima year for the city. 1895 Population: 100,000 (estimate) . Two Earthquakes happened in Baghdad on 25 November . 1897 – The Governor of Baghdad Atteallah Pasha Kawakeby opened the Al-Khar Bridge (Al-Hamidiyah) 1908 – Population: 140,000 (estimate). 1909 – Cinema built. 1911 – Ottoman XIII Corps headquartered in Baghdad. 1912 – Population: 200,000 (estimate). 1914 – October: Samarra-Baghdad railway begins operating. 1915 Istanbul-Baghdad railway begins operating. Al Rasheed Street laid out. Cholera epidemic. 1917 March: Fall of Baghdad (1917); British in power. Cinema opens.
Ottoman walis (1831–1917)
PersonTime as governorAli Reza Pasha 1831–1842Najeb Pasha 1842–1849Abdul-Karim Pasha 1849–1850Mohamed Wajeh Pasha 1850–1851Mehmed Namık Pasha1851–1852Rashid Pasha 1852–1857Omar Pasha1858–1859Mustafa Nuri Pasha1859–1861Ahmed Tawfiq Pasha 1861Mehmed Namık Pasha 1862–1867Taqialden Pasha1867–1869Midhat Pasha1869–1872Mehmed Rauf Pasha bin Abdi Pasha1872–1873Radif Pasha 1873–1875Abdel Rahman Pasha 1875–1877Akif Pasha 1877–1878Qadri Pasha1878AbdelRahman Pasha1879–1880Taqialden Pasha 1880–1887Mustafa Asim Pasha 1887–1889Sırrı Pasha 1890–1891Hassan Pasha 1891–1896Atteallah Pasha Kawakeby 1896–1899Namık Pasha 1899–1902Ahmed Fayzi Pasha 1902–1904Abdulwahab Pasha 1904–1905Abdulmajeed Pasha 1905–1906Abu Bakir Hazem Pasha 1907–1908Nadim I Pasha 1908Najemaldeen Beg 1908–1909Mohamed Fadil Pasha 1909Shawket Pasha 1909–1910Hussain Nadim Pasha 1910–1911Youssef Agah Pasha 1911Djemal Pasha 1911–1912Ali Redha Pasha 1912Mohamed Zaki Pasha 1912–1913Mohamed Fadil Pasha 1913–1914Süleyman Nazif Pasha 1914–1915Nurialdeen Pasha 1915Khalil Pasha 1916–1917
See also History of Baghdad 1638 -1704 History of Baghdad Baghdad
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