Mehmet Akif Pasha

Mehmet Akif
Pasha
Personal details
Born1822
Kalkandelen, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died1893 (aged 71)
Çanakkale, Vilayet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire
Resting placeFatih Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Akif Pasha (1822–1893), also known as Arnavut Mehmet Akif Pasha (Mehmet Akif Pasha the Albanian) or Kalkandereli Mehmet Akif Pasha, was an Ottoman[1]-Albanian statesman and governor in the Ottoman Empire. From 1860 to 1893, he was the governor of Salonica Vilayet, Danube Vilayet, Bosnia Vilayet, Prizren Vilayet, Janina Vilayet, Adrianople Vilayet, Baghdad Vilayet, Konya Vilayet, Vilayet of the Archipelago.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Son Dönem Osmanlı Erkan ve Ricali (1839 - 1922) Prosopografik Rehber, Sinan Kuneralp, ISIS Press, İstanbul, ISBN 978-975-428-118-7, 1999