List of Ottoman military governors of Belgrade Fortress

Panorama of Belgrade Fortress
The Keys Handover Memorial in Kalemegdan Park, on the place where Ali Reza Pasha, the last Ottoman military commander, handed over the keys of Belgrade Fortress to Prince Mihailo in 1867

This article lists the Ottoman military governors of Belgrade Fortress from the establishment of the autonomous Principality of Serbia in 1817, after the Second Serbian Uprising, until the withdrawal of Ottoman military garrison from Belgrade Fortress in 1867, simultaneously with the withdrawal of other remaining Ottoman garrisons from Serbian fortresses (namely Šabac, Smederevo, Kladovo, Užice and Soko Grad).

List

Name Period
Marashli Ali Pasha 6 November 1817 – September 1821
Abdurrahman Pasha September 1821 – 1827
Hüseyin Pasha 1827–1833
Vedyehi Veci Pasha 1833–1835
Yusuf Muhlis Pasha 1835–1837
Hüshrev Pasha Samakuli December 1837 – January 1841
Haci Mehmed Kamil Pasha January 1841 – October 1843
Hafiz Mehmed Pasha October 1843 – January 1846
Mehmed Vecihi Pasha January 1846 – February 1847
Selim Sirri Pasha February 1847 – July 1848
Hafiz Ahmed Pasha July 1848 – October 1848
Hasan Pasha October 1848 – May 1850
Mehmed Vasif Pasha May 1850 – April 1852
Mehmed Hurshid Pasha April 1852 – July 1852
Mehmed Besim Pasha July 1852 – February 1854
Ahmed Izzet Pasha February 1854 – January 1855
Aziz Pasha January 1855 – January 1857
Hasan Hüsnü Pasha January 1857 – July 1857
Sherif Topal Osman Pasha July 1857 – January 1861
Hurshid Pasha 1861
Reşid Pasha April 1861 – 1863
Eyub Pasha 1863–1864
Ali Pasha 1865–1866
Ali Reza Pasha 1866 – 19 April 1867

See also

  • History of Belgrade
    • Timeline of Belgrade
  • 1862 Serbian–Ottoman clashes in Belgrade [sr]
  • Exodus of Muslims from Serbia (1862)
  • 1867 withdrawal of Ottoman garrison from Belgrade [sr]

Sources

  • World Statesmen – Serbia