Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (c.
Mahmud Nedim | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| Ottoman Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 1879–1882 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Kadri Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Edhem Pasha |
Biography
He was the son of Mehmed Najib Pasha, a governor-general of Baghdad. After occupying various subordinate posts at the Porte, he became under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, governor-general of Damascus and İzmir (Smyrna), minister of commerce, and governor-general of Tripoli. He was also successively Minister of Justice and Minister of the Navy in 1869, and ultimately grand vizier (identical to a prime minister at this point in the Empire) twice from 1871 to 1872 and from 1875 to 1876.
He was high in favour with Sultan Abdul Aziz and fell much under the influence of General Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, the forceful Russian ambassador before the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), his perceived subservience to Russia earning him the nickname of "Nedimoff". His administration was mostly unsuccessful from every point of view, and he was largely responsible for the issue of the decree suspending the interest on the Ottoman Empire's funds. He was Grand Vizier and Minister of the Interior from 1879 to late 1882.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mahmud Nedim Pasha". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 397.
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