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MAHMUD NEDIM PASHA (c. 1818-1883)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 397 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MAHMUD NEDIM

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PASHA (c. 1818-1883)  ,
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Turkish statesman, was the son of Nejib
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Pasha, ex-governor-general of Bagdad . After occupying various subordinate posts at the Porte he became successively under-secretary of state for
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foreign affairs, governor-general of
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Syria and Smyrna, minister of commerce, and governor-general of Tripoli; minister successively of justice and of marine (1869);
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grand
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vizier from 1871 to 1872 and from 1875 to 1876 . He was high in favour with Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz and fell much under the influence of General Ignatiev, the forceful
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Russian ambassador before the war of 1877-78, his subserviency to Russia earning for him the
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nickname of " Mahmudoff." His administration was most unsuccessful from every point of view, and he was largely responsible for the issue of the decree suspending the
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interest on the Turkish funds . He was minister of the interior from 1879 to 1883 .

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