Mahmud Shevket Pasha (Turkish: Mahmut Şevket Paşa; 1856 – 11 June 1913) was an Ottoman general and statesman of possibe Iraqi Arab and Georgian descent. Some sources also note Chechen or Circassian ancestry. He was born in Baghdad, where he finished his primary education before going on to the Military Academy (Turkish: Mekteb-i Harbiye) in Constantinople. He joined the army in 1882 as a lieutenant.