Emin Pasha

Emin Pasha

Mehmed Emin Pasha (March 28, 1840 – October 23, 1892) — he was born Isaak Eduard Schnitzer and baptized (c. 1847) Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer — was a physician, naturalist, and governor of the Egyptian province of Equatoria on the upper Nile. "Pasha" was a title conferred on him in 1886 and thereafter he was referred to as "Emin Pasha".