Jazzar Pasha
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Ahmed Pasha al-Jazzar was the Acre-based Bosniak Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet from 1776 until his death in 1804 and the simultaneous governor of Damascus Eyalet in 1785–1786, 1790–1795, 1798–1799,
Portrait of Jazzar Pasha, 1775
Al-Jazzar was a chief assassin and protégé of the Mamluk strongman of Egypt, Ali Bey al-Kabir (pictured)
Skyline of Acre, where al-Jazzar established his headquarters
Remains of the Beaufort Castle that al-Jazzar had destroyed along with other fortress strongholds of the Shia Muslim clans in Jabal Amil
Haim Farhi
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Haim Farhi, was a Jewish adviser to the governors of the Galilee in the days of the Ottoman Empire, until his assassination in 1820.
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"Jezzar Pacha Condemning a Criminal". Farhi is pictured standing with paper in hand.
19th-century cannon, set in the wall of Acre near a sign commemorating Farhi. The Hebrew inscription on the sign reads: "Farhi vs. Napoleon. Jezzar's right hand in resisting Napoleon's harsh siege was the Jewish Haim Farhi, senior adviser and minister of finance"
The remains of the internal fortification line erected by Farhi and De-Phelipoux within the walls of Acre, during Napoleon's siege, May 1799.