Deli Emir Ahmed Agha

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Deli Emir Ahmed Agha (Turkish: Deli Emir Ahmed Ağa, "Emir Ahmed Agha the Mad"; died November 1753), later known as Seyyid Emir Ahmed Pasha, was an Ottoman statesman and military leader.

Raised as a member of the elite infantry unit, the Janissaries, he was its Agha (chief) from May 1750 to January 1751.[1] Later, he served as the governor of the Sidon Eyalet (1751, 1752–53) and the Aleppo Eyalet (1751–52).[1]

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  1. ^ a b Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.), Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), vol. 1, Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, p. 208, ISBN 9789753330411