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Halil Pasha () was an Ottoman Empire statesman who served as the governor of Egypt Eyalet from 1631 to 1633. He was known for his "gentle, impartial, and prosperous administration"d'Avennes, Prisse (1983) Arab art as seen through the monuments of Cairo from the 7th century to the 18th (translated from French by J.I. Erythrospis) Le Sycomore, Paris, page 61, which was in large contrast to the "rapacious" administration of his predecessor, Koca Musa Pasha. In Shawwal 1041 Hijri year (May 1632 CE), while governor, he sent an expeditionary force to the Hejaz to retake Mecca from troops who had seized the city in the name of a pretender to the Sharifate.Holt, P. M. (1961) "The beylicate in Ottoman Egypt during the seventeenth century" Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 24(2): pp. 214–248, page 242,
As the Ottoman army of Kasım Bey approached that of the Yemenis in Wadi Fatimah valley, a scout for the Yemenis, Kör Mahmud, scoped out the Ottoman army from behind a mountain. Seeing that it was too numerous to overcome, the Yemeni army retreated to Wadi Abbas valley and hid in a fort named Turbet. Meanwhile, Kasım Bey's Ottoman army entered Mecca, finding only 100 enemy troops who had not fled in time. After summarily executing them, the Ottoman army performed the ceremonies of Hajj, and then set out in search of the Yemeni army. In the same fashion, the Ottoman troops sailing to Jeddah found it deserted of enemy troops and took the city without resistance.
After seven days of trekking, Kasım Bey's army located the Yemeni army's tents at the foot of the Turbet fort and engaged them in combat, in which the Yemenis lost about 100 men. The next day, Kasım Bey ordered his troops to attack the Yemenis by hiding at the wells that supplied their army with water. This plan proceeded successfully, causing the Yemenis over 200 casualties that day, most from thirst. The Yemenis finally capitulated and surrendered, meeting Kasım Bey's requests for them to turn over to him Kör Mahmud and his brother. Kasım Bey allowed the Yemenis to leave the fort; only 300 of the original 1000 remained alive.
Returning to Mecca, the four chiefs of the Yemeni troops were put to death. This was followed by seven days of celebration, and when the Ottoman troops returned home to Cairo in August 1632, five more days of celebration occurred.
When Halil Pasha left office on 1 April 1633, the shops in Cairo were closed for a week in mourning of the end of his term.
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