Mehmed Es'ad Safvet Paşa

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İBRAHİM DENİZ (2021) Sultan II. Abdülhamid Dönemi Osmanlı sefirlerinin tercüme-i halli

Entry type
Biography
PDF pages
159, 160, 161, 162
Printed pages
147, 148, 149, 150
Section in the source
3.11.3.
Evidence form
latin register transcription

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A separately sourced biography

From TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi: SAFFET MEHMED ESAD PAŞA.

According to TDV, Saffet Mehmed Esad Paşa was born in Istanbul in 1815. He entered the Imperial Council and Translation Chamber before holding diplomatic and ministerial posts. His career included service as foreign minister, education minister and grand vizier.

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  • Birth in Recep AH1230 in Istanbul.
  • Father named Mehmed Hulusi Ağa, with voyvodalık service.
  • Career moves from the Imperial Council to the Translation Chamber.
  • Later service in foreign affairs and other ministries.
  • The published personnel transcription records death on 6 Muharram AH1300 (whole AH year: 1882–1883); TDV gives 16 November 1883. Thesis 941522 explicitly pairs its AH date with 17 November 1882. These alternatives remain unresolved.
  • The two source appearances remain separate. Their printed archive locators 2/209 and 2-416 have not been adjudicated against original archive images.

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