Moustapha Khodja
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Moustapha Khodja | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Tunisia | |
| In office 1782–1800 | |
| Monarch | Hammuda I |
| Preceded by | Rejeb Khaznadar |
| Succeeded by | Youssef Saheb Ettabaa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1720 |
| Died | 10 October 1800 (aged 79–80) |
| Spouse | Princess Lalla Khadija |
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Moustapha Khodja (Arabic: مصطفى خوجة; died October 10, 1800), was a Tunisian politician and a mamluk of Georgian origin. He became Prime Minister of the Beylik of Tunis.[1][2][3][4]
Born in the Caucasus, he was enslaved and sent to Tunis in 1730 at a very young age. There he was placed in the charge of Ali Pasha who lodged him in the Madrasa El Bachia, which he had just built in the medina of Tunis, where he followed a religious course under renowned teachers. He excelled there, especially in the art of bookbinding.
When Muhammad Rashid Bey took power, Moustapha Khodja went into the service of his brother the future Ali Bey as his private khaznadar (treasurer). In this capacity he was responsible for the education of his son, Hammouda Bey, together with Hammouda Ben Abdelaziz, Ali Bey's principal secretary. He became khaznadar of the regency when Ali Bey came to power in 1759. He married Ali Bey's eldest daughter, who died around 1777.