Mehmed Ali Pasha (November 18, 1827[1] – September 7, 1878[2]) was a Prussian-born Ottoman career officer and marshal.

Mehmed Ali was born as Ludwig Karl Friedrich Detroit (also known as Carl Detroy)[3] in Magdeburg, Prussia.

The French family name points to Huguenot ancestry, as a descendant of Protestant refugees from France in the 16th or 17th century.

He was successful in his operations on the Lom river (August–September 1877), such as at Katselovo and Ablanovo, but was eventually afterward forced back by his opponents.

In August 1878, the Ottoman government selected him to overview the process of the cession of the Plav-Gucia region to Montenegro in compliance to the decisions of the Congress of Berlin.