| Succeeding Fazıl Ahmed Paşa as grand vizier, he led unsuccessful campaigns against Poland and then Russia. |
| He came to Egypt in 1168 as an assistant to his uncle, who was a general and then became the vizier of the last Fatimid caliph. |
| They saw that the grand vizier of public works only wanted to waste their gold and tell them fairy tales. |
| The grand vizier was sent for by the sultan, dismissed, and bowstrung the next day. |
| In an interview with the absolutist sultan, he expressed opposition to the grand vizier Mahmud Nedim's antireform policies. |
| In 803 Harun al-Rashid murdered his vizier, Ja'far the Barmecide, and ordered the destruction of this powerful vizierial family. |
