Sami Pasha al-Farouqi
Sami Pasha al-Farouqi with Ottoman officers in front of the Karak Saray following the Revolt in 1910
Minister of Zaptiye
In office
1908 – 16 April 1909
Member of Senate of the Ottoman Empire
In office
27 December 1908 – 1911
Personal details
Born1861
Baghdad, Baghdad Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died1911 (aged 49–50)
Damascus, Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Empire

Sami Pasha al-Farouqi (1861–1911) was an Ottoman statesman. He was born in Baghdad in 1861.[lower-alpha 1] He graduated from Turkish Military Academy and the War Academy in Istanbul and joined the army in 1887 as a staff captain. He served as an attaché in Berlin for a long time. He was assigned to suppress a rebellion in Yemen. In 1906, he was the leader of Turkish troops in Al-Qassim which eventually had to withdraw from the region under pressure from Al Saud.[1]

On December 27, 1908, he was appointed as a member of the Senate.[2] Between 1908 and April 16th, 1909, he served as the Minister of Zaptiye.[3] He was appointed as the commander of the army formed to suppress the Hauran Druze Rebellion. He fell ill during the suppression of the rebellion and died in Damascus in 1911.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources indicate that he was born in 1847 in Mosul.

References

  1. ↑ Vassiliev, Alexei (2013). The History of Saudi Arabia. Saqi Books. ISBN 0863567797.
  2. 1 2 Meşrutiyete, Geçiş Süreci. Türk Parlamento Tarihi (PDF). p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Van, Nureddin (2015-06-20). "II. MEŞRUTİYETİN İLÂNINDAN SONRA POLİS TEŞKİLÂTININ DEĞİŞİMİ VE DÖNÜŞÜMÜ". Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish) (34): 281–294. ISSN 1302-1842.
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