Mehmed Necib Pasha (died 1851), also known as Muhammad Najib Pasha or Gürcü Mehmet Necip Paşa or Necib Pasha, was an
Ottoman statesman and governor of
Georgian origin. He was the governor of
Baghdad Eyalet
Baghdad Eyalet (, ) was an Iraqi eyalet of the Ottoman Empire centered on Baghdad. Its reported area in the 19th century was .
History
Safavid shah Ismail I took the Baghdad region from the Aq Qoyunlu in 1508. After the Safavid takeover, Sunn ...
, succeeding
Ali Ridha Pasha (who had brought Iraq back into direct Ottoman control).
His father's name was Abdülmucib.
He was married to Zeliha Hanim (died 1863) and his daughter was Fatima Hanim (died 1881), his son's was Ahmed Şükrü Bey, Cemil Bey and
Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Mahmud Nedim Pasha () was an Ottoman conservative statesman of ethnic Georgian background,Buṭrus Abū Mannah (2001), ''Studies on Islam and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, 1826-1876'', p. 163. Isis Press, who served as Grand Vizier o ...
, was a two-time
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
The grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire ( or ''Sadr-ı Azam'' (''Sadrazam''); Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish: or ) was the ''de facto'' prime minister of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sultan in the Ottoman Empire, with the absolute p ...
.
Library
Mehmed Necib Pasha is known for having the Necip Paşa Library () in
Tire
A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a Rim (wheel), wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide Traction (engineeri ...
built in 1827 (today in İzmir Province, Turkey).
At the time, he was serving as the "Minister of
Powder Mills" ().
It is not known why he had it built in Tire, as no known connection between him and the city existed before the library.
The library contains inscriptions made during construction, one of which reads:
References
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1851 deaths
Georgians from the Ottoman Empire
19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
Pashas
Year of birth missing
Ottoman governors of Baghdad