He served as the Ottoman governor of various provinces (eyalets), including Tripoli (1731–33, 1735–39), Egypt (1733–35), Damascus (1739–40), Adana (1740), Sidon (1740–46), and Jeddah (1746–50, again in 1750).
[1] He died in office while governor of Jeddah on 27 November 1750.
According to al-Jabarti, during Osman Pasha's term as governor of Egypt from 1733 to 1735, there was a man claiming to be a prophet as well as widespread apocalyptic fears.
The man was beaten by the authorities, and when the Day of Judgment failed to occur, the people claimed that their religious leaders had prayed to Allah to delay the apocalypse.
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