( Küčük Ḥüseyin Pas̲h̲a ) ¶ (1758-1803), Ottoman Ḳapudān Pas̲h̲a of Circassian origin. Since he was 46 years old at his death in 1803, he must have been born in 1758. He was presented to Sultan Muṣṭafā III by the Silāḥdār Ibrāhīm Pas̲h̲a, in 1181/1767-8. Although it has been asserted that he was the foster-brother of Selīm III ( K̲h̲arīṭa-i Ḳapudānān-i deryā , 105), it seems more likely that his first duty in the palace was in the service of Prince Meḥmed (b. 1767), the brother of Selīm III (Wāṣif, Taʾrīk̲h̲ , MS Ali Emiri (Millet Kütüp.) 609, fol. 197a; D̲j̲ewdet, Taʾrīk̲h̲, vii, 266). Küčük Ḥüse…

(? - 1175/1762), Ottoman S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ al-Islām of the second half of the 18th century. On his mother’s side he was descended from Shaykh Ḥusām al-Dīn ʿUs̲h̲s̲h̲ākī, the founder of the ʿUs̲h̲s̲h̲ākiyye ṭarīḳa , who died in 1001/1592-93, and who is buried in Istanbul at Ḳāsi̊mpas̲h̲a. His father was Ḳi̊ri̊mī ʿAbd Allāh Efendi-zāde Yaḥyā Efendi, who served as ḳāḍī of G̲h̲alaṭa and subsequently of Egypt with the rank ( pāye ) of Edirne, being removed from the latter post on 1 Ḏh̲u ’l-Ḳaʿda 1126/8 November 1714, and eventually dying in Istanbul in …