Tahir Pasha (Egypt)
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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Tahir, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.
Tahir Pasha Pojani or Tahir Pasha born in Kavala as the son of Ahmed Bey from Pojan and Zohra Khanum, oldest sister to Muhammad Ali Pasha. His Siblings was Ismail, Huseyin and Gülsün who was married with Mehmet Sabit Pasha. His son was Ahmed Tahir Pasha Pojani b. in Kavala, who was married with Hatice Khanum b.in Alexandria a daughter of Nawab Mirza Shahmir Khan Bahadur of Oudh. He was the Albanian commander of bashi-bazouks under Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha. He rebelled and assumed government of Cairo, becoming the acting Ottoman governor of Egypt on 6 May 1803.[1][2] He was beheaded by a Janissary soldier within a month of acting as governor when he was unable to pay the troops their outstanding pay.[1]