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Afrasiyab of Basra

d. 1624 · 17th century

Afrasiyab was the founder of a hereditary dynasty of pashas who ruled Basra in southern Iraq under nominal Ottoman sovereignty. A local official of uncertain origin, he bought the governorship from the Ottoman governor in 1596 and passed it to his son Ali Pasha in 1624. His family ruled Basra until the Ottomans restored direct control in 1668.

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Afrasiyab dynasty of Basra

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