Midhat Pasha
Sign in to saveAlso known as Midhat Pascha, Ahmet Şefik Mithat Pasha, Ahmed Midhat Pasha, Midhat Paşa, Ahmad Shafiq Midhat Pasha, Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha, Ahmed Shefik Midhat Pasha, Mithat Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier, reformist, and creator of the first Ottoman constitution (1822-1883)
Key facts
- Monarch
- Abdulhamid II ( reigned</span>"}]]}'>r. 1876–1909 )
- Preceded by
- Mehmed Rushdi Pasha
- Succeeded by
- Ibrahim Edhem Pasha
- Born
- 1822, Constantinople , Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 26 April 1883 (aged 60), Taif , Hejaz Vilayet , Ottoman Empire
- Parliament
- Parliament of the Ottoman Empire
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmet
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ottoman Empire
- Place of birth
- Istanbul
- Place of death
- Ta'if
- Occupation
- wali
- Position held
- governor
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Bektashi Order
- Field of work
- management
- Image
- Midhat pasha.jpg
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- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons category
- Midhat Pasha
- date of death
- 1883-04-26
- date of birth
- 1822-10-18
- name in native language
- Mithat Paşa
- cause of death
- strangling
- killed by
- Abdul Hamid II
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Encyclopedic overview
Ahmed Şefik Midhat Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد شفيق مدحت پاشا, romanized: Aḥmed Şefīḳ Midḥat Pāşā; 1822 – 26 April 1883) was an Ottoman politician, reformist, and statesman. He was the author of the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire.
Midhat was born in Istanbul and educated from a private medrese. In July 1872, he was appointed grand vizier by Abdulaziz (r. 1861–1876), though was removed in August. During the First Constitutional Era, in 1876, he co-founded the Ottoman Parliament. Midhat was noted as a kingmaker and leading Ottoman democrat. He was part of a governing elite which recognized the crisis the Empire was in and considered reform to be a dire need. He clashed with Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876–1909), who in 1881 had him convicted of the alleged murder of Sultan Abdulaziz. In 1883, Midhat was killed in the prison of al-Ta'if, reportedly on the Sultan's orders.
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