Sabri Pasha

Sabri Pasha was an Ottoman naval officer and author. A graduate of the naval college, he held various appointments and served for a time both in the Hijaz and in Yemen. He died in Istanbul in 1308 AH (1890). ¹

He wrote a number of historical and descriptive works on Arabia. Among them are an account of Mecca and Medina, the Mir'at al-Haramayn (3 vols, Istanbul 1301-1306 AH), and a history of the Wahhabis, the Tarikh-i Wahhabiyan (Istanbul 1296 AH). He also wrote a biography of the Prophet ﷺ, the Mahmud al-siyar (Edirne 1287 AH). ¹