Mehmet Şerif Pasha
Mehmet Şerif Pasha was an Ottoman civil servant who served as Vali of Jeddah Eyalet and Shaykh al-Haram of Mecca from 1845 to 1848.
In 1251 AH he was promoted to rutbe-saniye and appointed Mudir of the Haram in Medina. On 20 Ramazan 1257 AH he was promoted to Shaykh al-Haram there with the rank of vezir. In 1845 following the death of Osman Pasha he was appointed Vali of Jeddah and Shaykh al-Haram at Mecca . He was dismissed in Şevval 1264 AH. In Ramazan 1267 AH he was appointed Shaykh al-Haram in Medina a second time. He set off from Istanbul but did not reach Medina. He died at Yanbu in Muharrem 1268 AH, around 80 years of age, and was buried there.
