Nasuhzade Ali Pasha

Nasuhzade Ali Pasha
Nasuhzade Ali Paşa
Depiction of Ali Pasha by Adam Friedel.
Kapudan Pasha
In office 1821–1822
Monarch	Mahmud II
Personal details
Born	Shkodra, Rumelia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (modern Albania)
Died	18/19 June 1822 Chios, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Branch/service	Ottoman Navy Ottoman Army
Years of service	c. 1810–1822
Rank	Grand Admiral
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence

Nasuhzade Ali Pasha (Turkish: Nasuhzade Ali Paşa), commonly known as Kara Ali Pasha (Greek: Καρά Αλή Πασάς), was an Ottoman-Albanian admiral during the early stages of the Greek War of Independence. In 1821, as second-in-command of the Ottoman navy, he succeeded in resupplying the isolated Ottoman fortresses in the Peloponnese, while his subordinate Ismael Gibraltar destroyed Galaxeidi. Promoted to Kapudan Pasha (commander-in-chief of the navy), and led the suppression of the revolt in Chios and the ensuing Chios massacre in April 1822. He was killed when a fireship captained by Konstantinos Kanaris blew up his flagship in Chios harbour on the night of 18/19 June 1822.