Damat Mehmed Ali | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| In office October 3, 1852 – May 14, 1853 | |
| Monarch | Abdulmejid I |
| Preceded by | Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Naili Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1813 Hemşin, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey) |
| Died | 1868 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey) |
| Spouse(s) | Adile Sultan |
Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha (1813–1868) was an Ottoman statesman and diplomat. He served as the Grand Vizier from October 3, 1852 to May 14, 1853, on the eve of the Crimean War.[1] Along with Fuad Pasha, Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha and Mustafa Reşid Pasha, he was one of the main reformers of the Tanzimat period.
Mehmed Ali was born in Hemşin, a city along the Black Sea coast in modern Turkey, and was of ethnic Hemshin descent. He was the son of an Istanbul shopkeeper and worked in the translation office of the Ottoman Empire before being made Ottoman ambassador to the United Kingdom at the age of 26. He married Princess Adile Sultan, the daughter of sultan Mahmud II, and thus became "Damat" (Turkish: bridesgroom) to the Ottoman dynasty.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Countries T". rulers.org.
- ^ William L. Cleveland. "A History of the Modern Middle East", Westview Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8133-4048-9, p. 82.
Further reading
- Inalcik, Halil (1998). Essays in Ottoman History. Istanbul: Eren. ISBN 975-7622-58-3.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha | Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1852–1853 | Succeeded by Mustafa Naili Pasha |