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AALI, MEHEMET

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AALI, MEHEMET

AALI, MEHEMET , See also:

PASHA

Pasha (1815-1871), See also:

TURKISH

Turkish statesman, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Constantinople in 1815, the son of a See also:

government See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official. Entering the See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic service of his See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country soon after reaching manhood, he became successively secretary of the Em bassy in See also:

Vienna, See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in See also:

LONDON

London, and See also:

FOREIGN

foreign minister under Reshid Pasha. In 1852 he was promoted to the See also:

POST

post of See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

VIZIER

vizier, but after a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time retired into private See also:

LIFE

life. During the See also:

CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

War he was recalled in See also:

order to take the See also:

PORTFOLIO (shortened form of Porto folio, adapted from the Ital. portafogli, portare, to carry, and fogli, sheets or leaves of paper, Lat. folium, leaf)

portfolio of foreign affairs for a second time under Reshid Pasha,, and in this capacity took See also:

PART

part in 1855 in the See also:

CONFERENCE

conference of Vienna. Again becoming in that See also:

YEAR

year grand vizier, an See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office he Ailed no less than five times, he represented See also:

TURKEY

Turkey at the See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

Paris in '856. In 1867 he was appointed See also:

REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent of Turkey during the See also:

SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan's visit to the Paris See also:

EXHIBITION

Exhibition. Aali Pasha was one of the most zealous See also:

ADVOCATES, FACULTY OF

advocates of the introduction of Western reforms under the sultans Abdul Mejid and Abdul Aziz. A See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and a linguist, he was a match for the diplomats of the See also:

Christian See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, against whom he successfully defended the interests of his country. He died at Erenkeni in See also:

ASIA

Asia See also:

Minor on the 6th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1871.

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