Abubakr Ibrahim Chehem

Emir Abubakr Ibrahim Chehem (Afar: Obakar Arbahim Sehim, Turkish: Ebûbekir Efendi Paşa; c. 1810 – 6 December 1885) was an Ottoman-Afar statesman, wealthy merchant, and slave-trader who served twice as the Pasha of Ottoman Zeila, first serving from 1855 to 1857 and again from 1861 to 1874, until the Egyptian invasion of Harar. During his first term, his rival Sharmake Ali Saleh accused him of embezzling funds from the customs office, leading to his arrest and an eight-month imprisonment. This incident resulted in his removal from office. He was eventually freed through the intervention of Henri Lambert, the French consul at Aden. After the Egyptian takeover in 1874, he continued to serve as the provincial governor of Zeila under the Khedivate’s administration until their withdrawal in 1884.