Mehmed Said Pasha
| Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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In office 18 October 1879 – 9 June 1880 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Arifi Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kadri Pasha |
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In office 12 September 1880 – 2 May 1882 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Kadri Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha |
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In office 12 July 1882 – 30 November 1882 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Vefik Pasha |
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In office 3 December 1882 – 24 September 1885 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Vefik Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kâmil Pasha |
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In office 9 June 1895 – 3 October 1895 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Cevad Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kâmil Pasha |
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In office 13 November 1901 – 15 January 1903 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Halil Rifat Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Mehmed Ferid Pasha |
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In office 22 July 1908 – 6 August 1908 | |
| Monarch | Abdul Hamid II |
| Preceded by | Mehmed Ferid Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Kâmil Pasha |
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In office 30 September 1911 – 22 July 1912 | |
| Monarch | Mehmed V |
| Preceded by | İbrahim Hakkı Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Muhtar Pasha |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1830 Erzurum, Erzurum Sanjak, Erzurum Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died |
1914 Istanbul (then Constantinople), Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Religion | Islam |
Mehmed Said Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: محمد سعيد پاشا ; 1830–1914), also known as Küçük Said Pasha ("Said Pasha the Younger") or Şapur Çelebi or in his youth as Mabeyn Başkatibi Said Bey, was an Ottoman statesman and editor of the Turkish newspaper Jerid-i-Havadis.
He became first secretary to Sultan Abdul Hamid II shortly after the Sultan's accession, and is said to have contributed to the realizations of his majesty's design of concentrating power in his own hands; later he became successively minister of the interior and then governor of Bursa, reaching the high post of grand vizier in 1879. He was grand vizier seven more times under Abdul Hamid, and once under his successor, Mehmed V Reşat. He was known for his opposition to the extension of foreign influence in Turkey.
In 1896, he took refuge at the British embassy at Istanbul, and, though then assured of his personal liberty and safety, remained practically a prisoner in his own house. He came into temporary prominence again during the revolution of 1908. On 22 July he succeeded Mehmed Ferid Pasha as grand vizier, but on the 6 August was replaced by the more liberal Kâmil Pasha, at the insistence of the Young Turks. Also during 1908, Mehmed Said Pasha bought the famed Istanbul arcade in the Beyoğlu district, today known as Çiçek Pasajı ("Flower Passage"). The modern name became common in the 1940s; during Mehmed Said Pasha's ownership in the 1900s and 1910s, the arcade was known as Sait Paşa Pasajı ("Said Pasha Passage").[1]
During the Italian crisis in 1911–12, he was again called to the premiership. He was again removed from power by the Savior Officers (who backed the Freedom and Accord Party (Liberal Union) against the Committee of Union and Progress) and replaced by a new cabinet supported by the Officers and the Freedom and Accord Party.[2] The CUP would return to power, however, the next year after the Bab-ı Ali coup of 1913.
References
- ↑ Çiçek Pasajı: History Archived August 12, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Decline of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and the 'Arab Awakening' before 1914 Archived September 15, 2012 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Bibliography of Küçük Mehmed Said Pasha (Turkish)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
| Preceded by Arifi Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1879–1880 |
Succeeded by Mehmed Kadri Pasha |
| Preceded by Mehmed Kadri Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1880–1882 |
Succeeded by Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha |
| Preceded by Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1882 |
Succeeded by Ahmed Vefik Pasha |
| Preceded by Ahmed Vefik Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1882–1885 |
Succeeded by Mehmed Kamil Pasha |
| Preceded by Ahmed Cevad Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1895 |
Succeeded by Mehmed Kamil Pasha |
| Preceded by Halil Rifat Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1901–1903 |
Succeeded by Mehmed Ferid Pasha |
| Preceded by Mehmed Ferid Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1908 |
Succeeded by Mehmed Kamil Pasha |
| Preceded by Ibrahim Hakki Pasha |
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire 1911–1912 |
Succeeded by Ahmed Muhtar Pasha |
