Iskender Pasha (died 1571) [1] [2] was an Ottoman statesman. He was the governor of Egypt for the Ottoman Empire from 1556 to 1559. Iskender Pasha was muslim, a member of the faith of Islam according to his role as beylerbey. [3] During his term as governor ( beylerbey), he had many works of architecture built in Cairo, especially between Bab Zuweila and Bab al-Khalq. [2] However, the area was mostly renovated in the 19th century during modernization attempts. [2] After his time as the governor general of Egypt, Iskender Pasha became the governor general of Anadolu and Buda from 1564-1566. [1] He eventually rose to hsi greatest amount of power when he was made Kaymakam-Vizier. [4] This appointment during a campaign in Instanbul of the Sultan Suleyman gave him the power to more directly manage governmental affairs. [4] During his time leading Anadolu and Buda, he took part in the conquest of Cyprus. [1] Iskender Pasha died shortly after the fall of Famagusta in 1571 and was buried there. [4]
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- ^ a b c de Groot, Alexander H.; Winkelhane, Gerd; Schwarz, Klaus (1989). "Der osmanische Statthalter Iskender Pascha (gest. 1571) und seine Stiftungen in Agypten und am Bosporus". Die Welt des Islams. 29 (1/4): 215. doi: 10.2307/1571021. ISSN 0043-2539. JSTOR 1571021.
- ^ a b c André Raymond (2000). Cairo. Harvard University Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-674-00316-3.
- ^ "Encyclopaedia of Islam New Edition Online (EI-2 English)". referenceworks. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
- ^ a b c de Groot, Alexander H.; Winkelhane, Gerd; Schwarz, Klaus (1989). "Der osmanische Statthalter Iskender Pascha (gest. 1571) und seine Stiftungen in Agypten und am Bosporus". Die Welt des Islams. 29 (1/4): 215. doi: 10.2307/1571021. JSTOR 1571021.
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