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| Born | 1813 (1813) |
| Died | 1871 (aged 57–58) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha ("Mehmed EminPasha theCypriot"; 1813–1871) was anOttoman civil servant and statesman ofTurkish Cypriot origin, who served at the top post ofGrand Vizier during three different times under the reign of the sultanAbdulmejid I.
He was in favor in reforming the Ottoman Empire into aconstitutional monarchy.[citation needed] He however died before thefirst Ottoman constitution came into existence.
His uncle was in charge ofMahmud II's private treasury, secured him for palace service while he was young, and he then entered theHassa regiment (1833–1834). He then studied abroad, in France, at the Sultan's expense. He served in a military capacity, asserasker, inAcre (1844–1845),Jerusalem (1845–1847; during which time he suppressed a seriousBedouin revolt), Tirnova (1847), and thenBelgrade (1847–1848). During this period, many rumours circulated about his mismanagement practices, but they were dismissed by the Sultan as gossip. He was appointed as avizier in 1848.
In 1850–51, Mehmed Emin served as governor of theEyalet of Aleppo, at the end of which he was appointedmüşir (field marshal), in the province of Syria.[1]
His periods of administration were for the first term between 29 May and 23 November 1854, the second term between 18 November 1859 and 24 December 1859, and for the last term between 28 May 1860 and 6 August 1861. As such, he was also the last grand vizier under Abdülmecid.
Like many other prominent Ottoman statesmen of theTanzimat period, Mehmed Emin Pasha rose from theDragoman's office (Turkish:Tercüme Odası), largelyTurkified by the 19th century, and climbing through the foreign office of the Ottoman Empire, held consecutive ambassadorial and governorship posts.
Mehmed Emin Pasha died in hisyalı inKandilli, Istanbul, in 1871.
After his death, his first wife,Melek Hanım, née Marie Dejean (formerly the wife ofJulius Michael Millingen), wrote her memoirs of theharem, in the 19th century context of that institution, as well as a controversial account of the high spheres of the Ottoman society, published inLondon in 1872, treating much the same period as the memoirs ofLeyla Saz, written much later in the 1920s.
| Preceded by | Grand Vizier 30 May 1854 – 24 November 1854 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Grand Vizier 8 October 1859 – 24 December 1859 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Grand Vizier 24 May 1860 – 6 August 1861 | Succeeded by |
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