# Muhammad Pasha Sâlih — Veiled Women character guide > Muhammad Pasha Sâlih in Veiled Women by Marmaduke Pickthall. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** II Muhammad Pasha Sâlih, Muhammad Pasha, The Pasha, Pasha, Muhammad, the late Pasha **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Who they are The late Pasha whose courtly naming of Barakah and whose memory still shapes the household's expectations, obligations, and the weight of a name she never chose. ## Relationships ### [Yûsuf Bey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/yusuf_bey) _rivalry_ Muhammad Pasha Sâlih and Yûsuf Bey are fierce rivals, competing for power, influence, or the affections of Barakah. ### [Barakah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/barakah) _professional_ Barakah and Muhammad Pasha Sâlih have a formal, hierarchical relationship, with him as a powerful authority figure in her life. ### [Fitnah Khânum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/fitnah_khanum) _professional_ Fitnah Khânum and Muhammad Pasha Sâlih are involved in a transactional or political alliance, using each other for gain. ### [Yûsuf Bey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/yusuf_bey) _rivalry_ Muhammad Pasha Sâlih and Yûsuf Bey are fierce rivals, competing for power, influence, or the affections of Barakah. ### [Barakah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/barakah) _professional_ Barakah and Muhammad Pasha Sâlih have a formal, hierarchical relationship, with him as a powerful authority figure in her life. ### [Yûsuf Bey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/yusuf_bey) _rivalry_ Muhammad Pasha Sâlih and Yûsuf Bey are fierce rivals, competing for power, influence, or the affections of Barakah. ### [Barakah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/barakah) _professional_ Barakah and Muhammad Pasha Sâlih have a formal, hierarchical relationship, with him as a powerful authority figure in her life. ## In the story ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/i) The Pasha, who supports the marriage and goes to consult the English Consul. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/ii) Visits the English Consul to discuss his son's love for the governess and her conversion to Islam. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/iii) Returns home, confronts Fitnah, seeks counsel from Murjânah, and orders Fitnah's beating. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/iv) The Pasha escorts Barakah to the carriage, begs her to marry his son, and orders the servants not to return without her. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/v) Arranges the marriage contract, defends his honor against the Consul's accusations, and ensures the governess's security and comfort. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/vii) Arranged the bath party despite his personal distaste for such women's rituals. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/viii) The Pasha, who supports Barakah and is believed by Fitnah to be under her spell, guarding her like a pearl. ### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/x) Calmly handles the crisis, thanks God the attempt failed, and arranges for the couple to move to a garden-house; he seeks Murjânah's counsel on punishment. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xiii) Visits Barakah to apologize and explain the local customs regarding women's conduct. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xiv) Flushes with anger when the Consul feigns indifference, having spent heavily on Barakah's care and the planned Paris trip; curses the Consul in frustration. ### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xvii) Not directly present, but referenced as the father who informed the Prince of their whereabouts. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxiv) Barakah's father; mentioned in Umm ed-Dahak's tally of children born in his palace. ### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxv) Barakah's son, a spoiled and aggressive child who curses and beats slaves, praised by his mother and Umm ed-Dahak. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxvi) Acts as the family's envoy, gently but firmly informing Barakah that Muhammad must be disciplined or removed from her care. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxvii) His harem carriage fetches Muhammad; his ladies (Murjânah and Fitnah) oversee the boy's reformation. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxviii) Barakah's young son who defends her honor at school, insists she is a born Muslim, and shows a protective, lover-like demeanor. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxix) The old Pasha is calm amid the storm and delights in Muhammad's commanding spirit, seeing it as a sign of his Turkish race. ### [The Gathering Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxx) The old patriarch hosts the meeting of notables, expressing disdain for the upstarts and the English. ### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxxi) Dies after speaking with Barakah about his regrets and fears of English takeover. ### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/chapters/xxxii) The central figure of the chapter, a young officer drilling conscripts at Kafr ed-Dowâr, whose brutal methods lead to his murder by the recruits. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters/muhammad_pasha_salih - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/veiled_women_se/characters