Abdullah Pasha ibn Ali

Abdullah Pasha ibn Ali (commonly referred to simply as Abdullah Pasha; 1801–?) is the Ottoman governor (wali) of Sidon Eyalet between May 1820 and May 1832, with a nine-month interruption in 1822–23.

Like his predecessors Jazzar Pasha and Sulayman Pasha, Abdullah Pasha rules from the port city of Acre.

During his reign, all of Palestine and the Syrian coastline come under his jurisdiction.

Among his major military victories is his survival of an imperial-backed siege of Acre in 1822 instigated by the Farhi family in retaliation for Abdullah's execution of his mentor Haim Farhi, the suppression of revolts in Mount Lebanon and Jerusalem in 1824 and 1826, respectively, and the 1831 capture of the Sanur fortress.

While Abduallah oversees a period of relative stability in Syria, during his reign the region also experiences economic reversals and increasing poverty, while Acre's key role as an export center of Levantine cotton and olive oil increasingly diminishes.

Abdullah is the last governor of Sidon to rule from Acre and his defeat to the forces of Muhammad Ali of Egypt in 1832 marks the end of Acre as a political and economic power.

Following his defeat, he lives in exile in Egypt, then the Hejaz, where he dies.

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