Uthman Pasha al-Wakil

Uthman Pasha al-Wakil, spelled in Turkish as Vekil Osman Pasha, also commonly referred to as Uthman Pasha al-Misri, was an Ottoman military official who served as serasker i-Arabistan (supreme commander of the army in Arabistan, an alternative name for Syria) and vekil-i sultan (deputy or representative of the sultan) in Syria in December 1771–July 1774. Despite the powerful position his office and rank commanded, Uthman Pasha chronically lacked troops and funds, due to the Ottomans being preoccupied by war with Russia (1768–1774). He took few military initiatives and mostly attempted to negotiate with the rebel chiefs who controlled large parts of Syria and Palestine (chiefly Sheikh Daher al-Umar) in concert with the rebel leader of Egypt, Ali Bey al-Kabir, and the Russians.

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