Yusuf Ziya Pasha (Political and military activities)

The biographical studies gradually become more important for the recent surveys on the Ottoman history. In particular, the history gets a new horizon through such surveys on the lives of the prominent statesmen. Yusuf Ziya Pasha was a noble man in terms of the services rendered by him for the Ottoman State. He did not only act as a mining trustee, a provincial governor as well as an army commander in addition of his main position as a premier in the eras of Selim III and Mahmud II. In the Selim III are, he led the army in a compaign onto Egypt against Napoleon, whereupon Napoleon had to leave Egypt. The subsequent wars resulted in a complete defeat of the French, who then ultimately left Egyqt. All such victories and his achievement in the mining operation made him a distinguished statesman. Yusuf Ziya Pasha is known of his strong struggle against the robber, and the works left by him in the course of his deployment as a governor are important. The evailable archives were used in search of the life of Yusuf Ziya Pasha and the studies were supported by the periodical chronicles and research works. Keywords: Yusuf Ziya Pasha, Egypt, Napoleon Imperial Mines, Governorships.