Keki Abdi Pasha

Keki Abdi Pasha (sometimes spelled 'Abidi; died April 1789, Aleppo) was an Ottoman statesman. He served as the governor of the Sanjak of İçel (1779–80, 1781–82), Adana Eyalet (1780–81), Diyarbekir Eyalet (1782–84, 1785, 1786), Aleppo Eyalet (1784), Rakka Eyalet (1784–85), Sivas Eyalet (1785–86), and Egypt Eyalet (1787–88, 1789).

Earlier in his career, he served as kapıcıbaşı (master of ceremonies) for the Ottoman sultan. He became a vizier in 1782.

Abdi Pasha was appointed as the governor of Aleppo Eyalet by the sultan in 1784. Upon taking office, his militias killed several Janissaries. He then had the leaders of Aleppo's Christian communities arrested and ordered them to wear special clothing, only reversing this upon receiving a heavy fee from them. The local Janissaries began to fight back and barricaded Abdi Pasha in the governor's palace, which he was only able to leave through the mediation of his kadı (judge). He was then expelled from Aleppo, going to Rakka (modern Raqqa, Syria), where he soon became governor. Aleppo would remain without a governor for just over a year after his expulsion.

In 1786, while Abdi Pasha was the governor of Diyarbekir Eyalet, the Kapudan Pasha (grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy) Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha was ordered by the sultan Abdülhamid I to take troops to Egypt and drive out the Mamluk emirs led by Ibrahim Bey (Mamluk) and Murad Bey, who had become de facto rulers of the province, frequently deposing the Ottoman governors at their pleasure.

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