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of the

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. On 22 February 1572, he was appointed the

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(governor) of

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. On 31 January 1573, he became the governor of the

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, where he worked on providing oarsmen for the navy that was bound for

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and ammunition for a planned conquest of

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, collection of tariffs and the elimination of the tribes that lived as brigands. He held this office until he was replaced by

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on 2 June 1576. It is not clear whether he ever became the governor of

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. He was the governor of the

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in 1577. He was tasked with the defense of Erzurum in the Ottoman-Safavid War in 1578, but this mission was cancelled as the defense of Damascus was considered more important. He waited in Damascus until troops arrived from Egypt and moved to Erzurum, where the army gathered, in March 1579. He undertook the construction of one of the bastions of the

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while he was in

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. He then led a mission with the governors of

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and Diyarbekir to relieve Tbilisi of its shortage of supplies and food under the siege. He succeeded in this mission and returned to Damascus. He later rejoined the army under

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. On 18 October 1580, while he was in the frontline, he was made the governor of Diyarbekir again but the decision was swiftly reversed and he remained in his position in Damascus. While briefly sent to

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on 14 November 1580, he remained the governor of Damascus and attended the circumcision feast of Prince Mehmed, future Sultan

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as such in 1582. In 1583, he rejoined the war against the Safavids under

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, contributed to the conquest of

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and the building of a new fort there. With the governors of Diyarbekir and Karaman, he helped catch Kara Veli, a brigand that attacked the army. On 6 January 1584, he replaced

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as the governor of Aleppo.

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* {{Authority control 1602 deaths Ottoman military officers Ottoman governors of Damascus Ottoman governors of Baghdad Ottoman governors of Aleppo Ottoman governors of Diyarbekir