Hüseyin Avni Pasha

Hüseyin Avni
Pasha
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Personal details
Born 1820
Isparta, Ottoman Empire
Died 15 June 1876
Constantinople
Çerkess Hassan, the murderer of Hüseyin Avni Pasha

Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1820, Isparta – 15 June 1876, Constantinople) was an Ottoman statesman.[1] He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 15 February 1874 to 26 April 1875.[1] He was killed by Çerkess Hassan[2] the younger brother of Neşerek Kadın Efendi, who accused him of the murder of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, on 15 June 1876 during a cabinet meeting of Ottoman Sultan Murad V at the residence of Midhat Pasha near Beyazıt in Fatih, Istanbul.

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References

  1. 1 2 Danişmend, İsmail Hâmi (1971). Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı (in Turkish). Istanbul: Türkiye Yayınevi.
  2. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A03E4DC1038E533A25755C2A9649C94699FD7CF#


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