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Matlı Recep Paşa
Rexhep Pasha Mati (, ''Rajab Pasha''; 1842–1908) was an Ottoman-Albanian marshal, governor and war minister. Biography Rexhep Pasha Mati was an Albanian. While serving in Kerbela (modern Karbala, Iraq), Mati took action against an attack on a Bektashi convert in the town and his efforts were praised by Bektashis. Vali of Tripolitana Abdul Hamid II was aware of Mati's animosity for his government and himself with the Pasha being politically suspect. The sultan appointed Mati in the early 1900s as the Ottoman military commander of the garrison and vali (governor) of Tripoli, a place often reserved for Ottoman political exiles. Mati allowed Ottoman exiles to operate and hold liberal views with the province of Tripolitana gaining a reputation for freedom of speech. He also allowed Ottoman exiles to escape to Europe. Câmi Baykut was Mati's aide-de-camp in Tripoli. Mati opposed the activities of the Italian Bank Banco di Roma operating in Ottoman Libya. Mohamed Fekini, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasha
Pasha (; ; ) was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitary, dignitaries, and others. ''Pasha'' was also one of the highest titles in the 20th-century Kingdom of Egypt and it was also used in Morocco in the 20th century, where it denoted a regional official or governor of a district. Etymology The English word ''pasha'' comes from Turkish language, Turkish ('; also ()). The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the origin of the English borrowing to the mid-17th century. The etymology of the Turkish word itself has been a matter of debate. Contrary to titles like emir (''amīr'') and bey (sir), which were established in usage much earlier, the title ''pasha'' came into Ottoman Empire, Ottoman usage right after the reign of Osman I (d. 1324), though it had been used before the Ottomans by some Anatolian beyliks, Anatolian Turkish rulers of the same era. Old Turkish had no fixed distinction betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banco Di Roma
Banco di Roma was an Italian bank based in Rome, established on 9 March 1880. In the early 20th century, it was one of Italy's four dominant universal banks, together with Banca Commerciale Italiana, Credito Italiano, and Società Bancaria Italiana. It developed a significant network throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Italian Africa. In 1992 it eventually merged with the Banco di Santo Spirito and altered its name to Banca di Roma, later part of UniCredit. Overview Banco di Roma opened branches in Alexandria in 1905, Cairo and Malta in 1906, Tripoli and Benghazi in 1907, and Constantinople in 1911. It expanded further in the Middle East, in Jerusalem before the end of World War I then in 1919 in Istanbul, Smyrna, Beirut, Aleppo, Tripoli, İskenderun, Mersin, Adana, Jaffa, and Haifa. In 1920, it formed a new affiliate, , which took over the operations in Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. In 1924, the Egyptian business was spun off as , in which the Banca Nazionale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
