Jezzar Pasha

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The entrance to Al-Jezzar Mosque in Acre, Israel. Jezzar Pasha begun to build the mosque in 1800. Today it is considered as one of symbols of Acre, and one of the most marvelous mosques in Israel

Ahmed al-Jazzar (Arabic أحمد الجزار, born 1720 in Bosnia, died 1804 in Ottoman Acre, Damascus Wiliyah) was the ruler of Akko or Acre (a well-fortified coastal city in present-day Israel about forty kilometers south of Tyre) and Galilee during the Ottoman empire from 1775 till his death. Originally known as "The Butcher" for his renown passion for slaughtering Christians, he later became world-famous due to his defense of Acre against Napoleon Bonaparte's siege in 1799. Though both Napoleon and Jezzar requested assistance from the Shihab leader, Bashir, Bashir remained neutral, and when after several months of attacks Napoleon had to withdraw, his entire campaign to conquer Egypt and the East finally failed.

[edit] See also

• Haim Farkhi

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