Background
Izzet Mehmet Pasha was born in Safranbolu (today in Karabük Province, Turkey).
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Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha
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Career
Izzet Mehmed Pasha came to Istanbul in 1759/60 to work with him. He then served as the Ottoman governor of Jeddah (1787–1790), Morea (1790–1791), and Egypt (May 1791 – September 1794). On 19 October 1794, he was appointed grand vizier by sultan Selim III. He was dismissed on 30 August 1798 and exiled to Chios (now a Greek island), and then to Manisa.
He died in Manisa on 19 September 1812.
Izzet Mehmet commissioned a watchtower in 1797 and a mosque in 1798 in his hometown of Safranbolu (see İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque).
