Tusun Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: طوسون پاشا, Arabic: طوسون باشا, Turkish: Tosun Paşa, Ahmet Tosun Paşa; 1794 – 28 September 1816) was the younger son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Wāli of Egypt between 1805 and 1849, by Amina Hanim.
Though not as well known as Muhammad Ali's other son Ibrahim Pasha, Tusun Pasha did nevertheless attain some historical significance in the Ottoman–Saudi War, having led in 1811 the successful military campaign of the Egyptian army in the Arabian Peninsula, which was taken up in order to subdue unrest created in that region by Wahabbi forces.
[1] It appears from historical records that, despite not being the eldest son, Tusun was destined by Muhammad Ali to carry on his legacy.
This aspiration, however, was not to materialise, as Tusun died in 1816 – possibly of disease – in the village of Birinbal.
Decades later, in 1848, Tusun's son, Abbas I, inherited the role of Wali from his uncle Ibrahim, and served in this position for six years, before being murdered in 1854.