pasha

• As the plan of the pasha was to provoke a conflict, he ordered the troops out, and called a meeting of the consuls, to whom he communicated his intention of dispersing the assembly by force. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II
• They want her for the harem of the local pasha, and she refuses. —  The Historian
• I should certainly like to see the pasha, and this is a bit of luck, for there's no danger here at any rate, if what that young Harkaway said was true He went to the cabin door and shouted out for Tinker Tinker He's engaged," answered Captain Deering, who was close by I want him He's away, attending his excellency in the saloon," returned Captain Deering Bogey then Bogey's there too Never mind Are you nearly ready Yes Look sharp. —  Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series
• If within ten days from the notification of these terms the pasha should not accept them, the Sultan was to offer him Egypt alone; and, if he still persisted in refusing, the four powers were to compel him by force to accede to the proposed settlement. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
• The plan of defence adopted by the pasha was the work of Drovetti, to whom, consequently, is due some of the glory of this rapid triumph Mehemet Ali, having nothing further to fear from the English, who evacuated Egypt in September, 1807, began to give scope to his ambitious schemes, when the easily disturbed policy of the Porte saw fit to send the wily pasha against the Wahabis, who threatened to invade the Holy Places. —  History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)

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