[1] As governor, Kunj Yusuf enacted discriminatory policies against religious minority groups in Damascus and was unable to secure the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan to Mecca.
In 1807, the Ottoman imperial government dismissed Abdullah Pasha and appointed Kunj Yusuf as governor based on the latter's promise to successfully lead the pilgrim caravan.
[2] Kunj Yusuf was unable to end Wahhabi raids and sought to compensate for his failure to lead the Muslim pilgrimage by enacting discriminatory policies against Christians and Jews in Damascus.
[7] Sulayman Pasha refused and the Sublime Porte dismissed Kunj Yusuf as a result of his failure to lead the Hajj caravan and his attempted overtures to the Wahabbi sheikhs.
The inhabitants of Damascus were reportedly relieved when Kunj Yusuf was ousted, according to Mishaqa, because it signaled an end to his eccentric policies and opened up a possibility for the resumption of the Hajj pilgrimage.
[8] Ahmad Bey, Kunj Yusuf's adopted son, was appointed governor of Damascus by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in the early years (1831-1832) of Muhammad Ali's conquest of Ottoman Syria.