Mahmud Nedim
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Minister of the Interior
In office
1879–1882
MonarchAbdul Hamid II
Preceded byKadri Pasha
Succeeded byIbrahim Edhem Pasha

Mahmud Nedim Pasha (c. 1818 – 14 May 1883) was an Ottoman conservative statesman of ethnic Georgian background,[1][2] who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876.

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.[3] 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.

Notes

  1. ^ "MAHMUD NEDİM PAŞA - TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi".
  2. ^ Buṭrus Abū Mannah (2001), Studies on Islam and the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, 1826-1876, p. 163. Isis Press, ISBN 975-428-187-4
  3. ^ Sinan Kuneralp (1999). Son Dönem Osmanlı Erkân ve Ricali, 1839-1922: Prosopografik Rehber. İsis. p. 89. ISBN 9789754281187.

References

Political offices Preceded bySalih Vamık Pasha Governor of Sidon Eyalet March 1855 – December 1855 Succeeded bySalih Vamık Pasha Preceded byMehmed Namık Pasha Governor of Damascus Eyalet December 1855 – September 1856 Succeeded byIzzet Ahmed Pasha Preceded bySüleyman Refet Pasha Governor of Aidin Eyalet September 1856 – May 1857 Succeeded by Preceded byMehmed Emin Ali Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire September 1871 – 31 July 1872 Succeeded byMidhat Pasha Preceded byAhmed Esad Pasha Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 21 August 1875 – 11 May 1876 Succeeded byMehmed Rushdi Pasha Preceded byKadri Pasha Minister of the Interior 1879–1882 Succeeded byIbrahim Edhem Pasha


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