Mehmed Ferid Pasha

Avlonyalı
Mehmed Ferid
محمد فريد پاشا

Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office
15 January 1903  22 July 1908
Monarch Abdülhamid II
Preceded by Mehmed Said Pasha
Succeeded by Mehmed Said Pasha
Personal details
Born 1851
Avlonya (now Vlorë), Sanjak of Avlona, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died 1914
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Nationality Ottoman
Religion Islam

Mehmed Ferid Pasha (Turkish: Avlonyalı Ferid Paşa or Avlonyalı Mehmed Ferid Paşa 1851, Yanya (Ioannina) - 1914, Sanremo) was an Ottoman statesman of Albanian origin. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 15 January 1903 until 22 July 1908, when the sultan has restored the 1876 Constitution following the Young Turk Revolution. Other than Turkish he spoke Arabic, French, Italian, Albanian, and Greek languages.[1][2] He was the fraternal brother of the modern Albanian state founder Ismail Qemal bey Vlora.

References

  1. http://rulers.org/rult.html#turkey
  2. Yrd. Doç. Dr. Ahmet Emin Yalman - Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Sadr-ı Âzamlık (1876 - 1922) Ankara Üniversitesi, DTCF yayınları, Ankara 1999.