Beka III Jaqeli, also known as Sefer Pasha (Georgian: ბექა III ჯაყელი; Turkish: Sefer Paşa), (c. 1564—1635) was a Georgian ruler of Childir Eyalet and vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1625 to 1635.
Beka came to power after poisoning his nephew Manuchar III, the last Christian ruler of Samtskhe-Saatabago.
After this Beka III went to Istanbul, on the court of Sultan Murad IV.
He converted to Islam, called himself Sefer Pasha and returned to his ruling state.
[1] Under his rule Ottomans started the process of spreading Islam in Samtskhe.