# Ahmed Pasha — Saïd the Fisherman character guide

> Ahmed Pasha in Saïd the Fisherman by Marmaduke Pickthall.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ahmed, Ahmed Basha, The Basha

**First appearance:** 0012-xii

## Who they are

A high-ranking official or military leader in the story.

## Relationships

### [Saïd the Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/said_the_fisherman)

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Ahmed Pasha is a powerful official who interacts with Saïd in a patron-client relationship.

### [Saïd the Fisherman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/characters/said_the_fisherman)

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Ahmed Pasha is a powerful official who interacts with Saïd in a patron-client relationship.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as having been executed, an event that benefited Saïd.

### [Time Table to Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/chapters/time-table-to-part-i)

Executed in September 1860 for culpable incompetence during the massacre of Damascus.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sa_d_the_fisherman_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in the endnote about the Damascus massacre; ordered troops to fire on the mob.

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