[4][5] Muhtar was given powerful positions, as well as control over Karlieli and Euboea in 1792.
[7][8] In 1796, upon the death of Kara Mahmud Bushati of Scutari in the battle of Krusi during his invasion of modern-day Montenegro, one of his holdings, the Sanjak of Ohrid, temporarily passed to Muhtar, formalizing the spread of Ali Pasha's influence in the north.
[2][9] Around 1805, Ali Pasha's forces seized Elbasan and Muhtar took his residency there.
[8] In 1810 Muhtar was also appointed governor of the Sanjak of Vlorë and Berat.
[3] Ioannis Kolettis (1774–1847) was recorded to have been a personal physician of Muhtar.