Mahmud Nedim Pasha
Mahmud Nedim Pasha (Mahmut Nedim Paşa) was an Ottoman conservative statesman of ethnic Georgian background, who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876.
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Mahmud Nedim Pasha

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- Name
- Mahmud Nedim
- Born
- 1818
- Birthplace
- Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 14 May 1883
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- politician · writer
- Languages
- Turkish · Arabic
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Mahmud Nedim Pasha (Mahmut Nedim Paşa) was an Ottoman conservative statesman of ethnic Georgian background, who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 1871–1872 and 1875–1876.
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• Name — Mahmud Nedim • Honorific Suffix — Pasha • Order — Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire • Order3 — Ottoman Minister of the Interior • Term Start3 — 1879 • Term End3 — 1882 • Monarch3 — Abdul Hamid II • Predecessor3 — Kadri Pasha • Successor3 — Ibrahim Edhem Pasha • Born — 1818 • Birthplace — Constantinople, Ottoman Empire • Died — 14 May 1883 • Place of death — Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
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He was the son of Mehmed Najib Pasha, a governor-general of Baghdad in Ottoman Iraq. After occupying various subordinate posts at the Porte, he became under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, governor-general of Damascus and İzmir (Smyrna), minister of commerce, and governor-general of Tripoli. He was also successively Minister of Justice and Minister of the Navy in 1869, and ultimately grand vizier (identical to a prime minister at this point in the Empire) twice from 1871 to 1872 and from 1875 to 1876. He was high in favour with Sultan Abdul Aziz and fell much under the influence of General Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, the forceful Russian ambassador before the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), his perceived subservience to Russia earning him the nickname of "Nedimoff". His administration was mostly unsuccessful from every point of view, and he was largely responsible for the issue of the decree suspending the interest on the Ottoman Empire's funds. He was Grand Vizier and Minister of the Interior from 1879 to late 1882.
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1818
Mahmud Nedim Pasha was born in 1818 at Baghdad.
1883
Mahmud Nedim Pasha died in 1883 at Istanbul.
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