Pasha of Tripoli was a title that was held by many rulers of Tripoli in Ottoman Tripolitania. The Ottoman Empire ruled the territory for most time from the Siege of Tripoli in 1551 until the Italian invasion of Libya in 1911, at the onset of the Italo-Turkish War.

Map of Ottoman Tripolitania (red), 1609.
Map of Ottoman Tripolitania (red), 1795.
Map of Ottoman Tripolitania (red), 1900.
Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania

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Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Tripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)
15 August 1551 to 1556 Murad Agha,
Beylerbey
1556 to 23 June 1565 Turgut (Dragut) Reis,
Beylerbey
Died during the Great Siege of Malta
July 1565 to 27 June 1568   Kiliç Ali Pasha,
Beylerbey
27 June 1568 to 28 March 1571 Yahya Pasha,
Beylerbey
28 March 1571 to 1572 Cafer Pasha,
Beylerbey
1572 to 1574 Mustafa Pasha,
Beylerbey
1574 to 5 July 1577 Haydar Pasha,
Beylerbey
1st time
5 July 1577 to 1578 Hasan Pasha,
Beylerbey
1578 to 1584 Haydar Pasha,
Beylerbey
2nd time
1584 to 1585 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
1st time
1585 to 1589 Ramazan Pasha,
Beylerbey
1589 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
2nd time
1589 to October 1590 Istanköylü Ahmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
October 1590 to 1595 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
3rd time
1595 to December 1603 Memi Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
December 1603 to 1614 Safer Dey,
Beylerbey
1614 to 1626 Sherif Pasha,
Beylerbey
1626 Ramazan Dey,
Beylerbey
1626 to January 1631 Sakizli Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
January 1631 to 29 April 1672 Sakizli Osman Pasha,
Beylerbey
Longest-serving Ottoman governor of Tripolitania
29 April 1672 to July 1672 Osman Reis as-Suhali,
Beylerbey
July 1672 to May 1675 Bali Çavush,
Beylerbey
18 May 1675 to January 1677 Misirliohlu Ibrahim Pasha,
Beylerbey
January 1677 Inebolulu Ibrahim Çelebi,
Beylerbey
January 1677 to April 1677 Istanköylü Büyük Mustafa,
Beylerbey
April 1677 to 1678 Baba Osman,
Beylerbey
1678 to 1682 Ak Mehmed Timur,
Beylerbey
1682 to 21 June 1682 Abaza Hüseyin,
Beylerbey
21 June 1682 to 1683 Cezayirli Abdullah,
Beylerbey
1683 Terzi Ibrahim,
Beylerbey
1683 to October 1687 Halil Pasha,
Beylerbey
October 1687 to 1689 Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
1st time
1689 to 3 February 1695 Bosnak Ismail Pasha,
Beylerbey
3 February 1695 to 1 August 1700 Destari Mehmed Pasha,
Beylerbey
2nd time
1 August 1700 to 20 November 1700 Turgutlulu Kahveci Osman,
Beylerbey
20 November 1700 to December 1702 Gelibolulu Haci Mustafa,
Beylerbey
December 1702 to 23 November 1710 Halil Pasha,
Beylerbey
23 November 1710 to 20 January 1711 Ismail Hoça,
Beylerbey
20 January 1711 to 4 July 1711 Mehmed Hüseyin Çavush,
Beylerbey
4 July 1711 to 29 July 1711 Abu Umays Mahmud,
Beylerbey
Tripoli Regency (Karamanli dynasty)
29 July 1711 to 2 November 1745 Ahmad I Pasha (Sidi Hamid Qaramanli Quluglu),
Sultan
Took power in the 1711 Karamanli coup
2 November 1745 to 24 July 1754 Mehmed Pasha,
Sultan
24 July 1754 to 30 July 1793 Ali I Pasha,
Sultan
30 July 1793 to November 1794 Seydi Ali (II) Pasha,
Sultan
Usurper
November 1794 to 24 January 1796 Ahmad II Bey,
Sultan
24 January 1796 to 5 August 1832 Yusuf Pasha,
Sultan
Ruled during the Barbary Wars against the United States
1817 Mehmed,
Sultan
In rebellion, 1st time
1824 Mehmed ibn `Ali,
Sultan
In rebellion, 1st time
1826 Mehmed,
Sultan
In rebellion, 2nd time
July 1832 Mehmed,
Sultan
In rebellion, 3rd time
1835 Mehmed ibn `Ali,
Sultan
In rebellion, 2nd time
5 August 1832 to 26 May 1835 Ali II Pasha,
Sultan
Tripoli Province (Ottoman Suzerainty)
26 May 1835 to 7 September 1835 Mustafa Negib Pasha,
Wali
Governor
7 September 1835 to 6 May 1837 Mahmud Raif Pasha,
Wali
Governor
6 May 1837 to 5 September 1838 Çeshmeli Hasan Pasha,
Wali
Governor
5 September 1838 to 15 July 1842 Ali Asker Pasha,
Wali
Governor
15 July 1842 to 22 April 1847 Mehmed Emin Pasha,
Wali
Governor
22 April 1847 to 13 September 1849 Ragib Pasha,
Wali
Governor
13 September 1849 to 16 September 1852 Izzet Ahmed Pasha,
Wali
Governor
16 September 1852 to 1 November 1855 Mustafa Nuri Pasha,
Wali
Governor
1 November 1855 to 1 October 1857 Osman Pasha,
Wali
Governor
1 October 1857 to 4 August 1860 Ahmed Izzet Pasha,
Wali
Governor, 1st time
4 August 1860 to 18 June 1867   Mahmud Nedim Pasha,
Wali
Governor
June 1867 to July 1867 Hassan Pasha,
acting Wali
acting Governor
July 1867 to May 1870 Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha,
Wali
Governor, 1st time
May 1870 to June 1870 Mustafa Pasha,
acting Wali
acting Governor
June 1870 to September 1871 Mehmed Halet Pasha,
Wali
Governor
September 1871 to April 1872 Bostancibahizade Mehmed Rashid Pasha,
Wali
Governor
April 1872 to 6 June 1873 Cezayrli Ali Reza Pasha,
Wali
Governor, 2nd time
6 June 1873 to November 1874 Hasan Samih Pasha,
Wali
Governor
November 1874 to February 1875 Mustafa Asim Pasha,
Wali
Governor
February 1875 to August 1877 Mustafa Sidki Pasha,
Wali
Governor
1877 Mehmed Çelaleddin Pasha,
Wali
Governor
December 1877 to February 1878 Söylemezoglu Ali Kemali,
Wali
Governor
February 1878 to July 1879 Mehmed Sabri Pasha,
Wali
Governor
July 1879 to May 1880 Ahmed Izzet Pasha,
Wali
Governor, 2nd time
May 1880 to October 1881 Mehmed Nazif Pasha,
Wali
Governor
October 1881 to June 1896 Ahmed Rasim Pasha,
Wali
Governor
June 1896 to March 1899 Nemik Bey,
Wali
Governor
March 1899 to July 1900 Haçim Bey,
Wali
Governor
July 1900 to December 1903   Hafiz Mehmed Pasha,
Wali
Governor
December 1903 to May 1904 Hasan Husni Pasha (Hüseyin Effendi),
Wali
Governor
May 1904 to August 1904 Abderrahman Bey,
acting Wali
acting Governor
August 1904 to August 1908   Rexhep Pasha,
Wali
Governor
December 1908 to August 1909 Ahmed Favzi Pasha,
Wali
Governor
August 1909 to August 1910   Hüseyin Husni Pasha,
Wali
Governor
August 1910 to 1911   Ibrahim Pasha,
acting Wali
acting Governor
1911 Bekir Samih Bey,
Wali
Governor, did not take office
1911 to 5 October 1911 Besim Bey,
acting Wali
acting Governor
1911 to 15 January 1913 Neshet Bey,
Wali
Governor
1913 to 1915 ....,
Wali
Governor, in exile
1915 to 1917 Osman Bey,
Wali
Governor, in exile
1917 to 1918 Nuri Bey,
Wali
Governor, in exile
1918 Ishaq Bey,
Wali
Governor, in exile
April 1918 to 16 November 1918   Osman Fuad Pasha,
Wali
Governor, in exile

For continuation after Italian conquest, see: List of colonial governors of Italian Tripolitania and List of colonial governors of Italian Cyrenaica

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