Osman Pasha Jaff

[1] In 1888 and 1889, Sultan Abdul Hamid II had Osman replace his more violent brother, Mahmood Pasha Jaff, who was an insurrectionist.

Osman Pasha Jaff proved himself to be such a worthy administrator that he received many medals and promotions by the Ottoman Sultan for his endeavors.

Osman and the Jaff tribe were found on both sides of the border as both Ottoman and Persian states trusted him for the security of the region.

[3] Osman governed with his wife, Adela Khanem, who was a very skilled administrator to the point of him appointing her kadi of the city of Kalar, presiding over the judicial courts there.

They would ultimately give her the title Khan-Bahadur, and she would reign with the British far beyond the death of Osman Pasha Jaff in 1909.