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FUAD PASHA (1815-1869)

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PASHA

PASHA (1815-1869) , See also:

TURKISH

Turkish statesman, was the son of the distinguished poet Kecheji-zade Izzet Molla. He was educated at the medical school and was at first an See also:

army surgeon. About 1836 he entered the See also:

CIVIL

civil service as an See also:

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

official of the See also:

FOREIGN

foreign See also:

MINISTRY

ministry. He became secretary of the See also:

EMBASSY

embassy in See also:

LONDON

London; was employed on See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions in the principalities and at St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg (1848), and was sent to See also:

EGYPT

Egypt as special See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner in 1851. In that See also:

YEAR

year he became See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister for foreign affairs, a See also:

POST

post to which he was appointed also on four subsequent occasions and which he held at the See also:

time of his See also:

DEATH

death. During the See also:

CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

War he commanded the troops on the See also:

Greek frontier and distinguished himself by his bravery. He was Turkish delegate at the See also:

Paris See also:

CONFERENCE

conference of 1856; was charged with a See also:

MISSION

mission to See also:

SYRIA

Syria in 186o; See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

VIZIER

vizier in 186o and 1861, and also minister of war. He accompanied the See also:

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

sultan Abd-ul-Aziz on his See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to Egypt and See also:

EUROPE

Europe, when the freedom of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of London was conferred on him. He died at See also:

NICE

Nice (whither he had been ordered for his See also:

HEALTH

health) in 1869. Fuad was renowned for his boldness and promptness of decision, as well as for his ready wit and his many bons mots. Generally regarded as the See also:

PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of a See also:

pro-See also:

ENGLISH

English policy, he rendered most valuable service to 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 by his able management of the foreign relations of See also:

TURKEY

Turkey, and not least by his efficacious See also:

settlement of affairs in Syria after the massacres of 186o.

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