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pasha:
(also ‘pacha‘ or ‘bashaw‘; plural: in the past ‘pashawat‘, but in the present ‘pashas‘)
Tewfik Pasha of Egypt in the past
a civil or military officer, like a governor or a general, of the Ottoman Empire in the past, and currently in Turkey and Egypt,
(used as a title after a person’s name, equivalent to the British title of “Lord”)
Mehmed Emin Pasha
e.g.
During the 18th-19th century, the pashawat, the plural of pasha, who were the aristocrats of Ottoman Empire extended their rule to parts of Africa, mainly Egypt.
The life of Mehmed Emin Pasha is very interesting, ‘pasha’ being the title given to him: he was a German physician, his original name was Eduard Schnitzer, lived between 1840 and 1892 and was appointed as the governor of Equatoria, the southernmost province of the Egyptian Sudan, by the Ottoman Empire.
Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the ISI chief, Pakistan
{Note 1: “Pasha” or “Bashaw” is more commonly found in the names of the present Muslims, irrespective of their being in high level civil or military positions — not as a title but just as a part of the name.}
{Note 2: The ‘two-tailed” pasha is a kind of butterfly.}
a ‘two-tailed’ pasha — a kind of butterfly
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