Halet Efendi
Illustration — Turbaned Ottoman ambassador Halet Efendi in The Coronation of Napoleon in 1805, by Jacques-Louis David (detail). Mehmet Sait Halet Efendi (1761–1822) was an Ottoman diplomat and politician, ambassador to Paris from 1803 to 1806 and later the favourite and Inner Minister of the Sultan Mahmud II. He was ambassador to the court of Napoleon I until 1806, and was succeeded in this role by Muhib Efendi, who was ambassador from 1806 to 1811. In 1819, Halet Efendi brought the attention of Sultan Mahmud II to the power-grabbing activities of Ali Pasha in Ottoman Europe.
Also recorded as Mehmet Sait Halet Efendi
Halet Efendi
Jacques-Louis David · Detail of. Photograph of detail by me at Louvre Museum, 2007. · Public domain
- Born
- 1761 · Istanbul.
- Died
- 1822 · Konya.
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- politician · diplomat · poet
- Languages
- Turkish
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Illustration — Turbaned Ottoman ambassador Halet Efendi in The Coronation of Napoleon in 1805, by Jacques-Louis David (detail). Mehmet Sait Halet Efendi (1761–1822) was an Ottoman diplomat and politician, ambassador to Paris from 1803 to 1806 and later the favourite and Inner Minister of the Sultan Mahmud II. He was ambassador to the court of Napoleon I until 1806, and was succeeded in this role by Muhib Efendi, who was ambassador from 1806 to 1811. In 1819, Halet Efendi brought the attention of Sultan Mahmud II to the power-grabbing activities of Ali Pasha in Ottoman Europe.
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Born at Istanbul in 1761, died in Konya in 1822.
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- 1.Osmanisches Reich. Nachrichten vom 10. December. 1823-01-03.
- 2.E. Kuran. Ḥālet Efendi. 2012. 10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_2644.
- 3.Libraries in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. 2014. 978-0-19-981257-8.
- 4.Abdülkadir Özcan. Hâlet Efendi.
- 5.Carter Vaughn Findley. Political culture and the great households. 2006. 0-521-62095-3.
- 6.Türkei. 1822-08-12.
- 7.Spalte „Griechenland und Türkei“. 1822.
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