Mehmet Akif | |
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| Born | 1822 Kalkandelen, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1893 (aged 71) Çanakkale, Vilayet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire |
Mehmet Akif Pasha (1822–1893), also known as Arnavut Mehmet Akif Pasha (Mehmet Akif Pasha the Albanian) and Kalkandereli Mehmet Akif Pasha, was an Ottoman[1]-Albanian statesman and governor of the Ottoman Empire.
From the year 1860 to 1893, he was the governor of nine provinces:[2]
- Salonica Vilayet
- Danube Vilayet
- Bosnia Vilayet
- Prizren Vilayet
- Janina Vilayet
- Adrianople Vilayet
- Baghdad Vilayet
- Konya Vilayet
- Vilayet of the Archipelago
Between March 1874 and June 1875, Mehmet Akif was appointed Minister of Justice. In addition, he was head of the Council of State (Şura-yı Devle).
References
- ↑ Fabijancic, Tony (2010). Bosnia: In the Footsteps of Gavrilo Princip. Ring House 2, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6C2E1: The University of Alberta Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780888645197. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ↑ Son Dönem Osmanlı Erkan ve Ricali (1839 - 1922) Prosopografik Rehber, Sinan Kuneralp, ISIS Press, İstanbul, ISBN 978-975-428-118-7, 1999
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