Âli Paşa, Mehmed Emin

Âli Paşa, Mehmed Emin

▪ Ottoman grand vizier
born , March 5, 1815, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Tur.]
died Sept. 7, 1871, Constantinople

      Ottoman grand vizier (chief minister) distinguished for his westernizing reform policies. Together with Mustafa Reşid Paşa (Reşid Paşa, Mustafa) and Fuad Paşa (Fuad Paşa, Mehmed), he was a main figure of the Tanzimat (Reorganization) period (1839–c. 1870) in Ottoman history.

      The son of a shopkeeper, Âli Paşa entered government service as a boy. Without formal education, he acquired some knowledge of French, and in 1836 he accompanied a diplomatic mission to Vienna—the first of a series of diplomatic assignments that culminated in his appointment as ambassador to London in 1841. After his return he became foreign minister under Mustafa Reşid Paşa and took part in the congresses of Vienna (1855) and Paris (1856). He served as grand vizier in 1852, 1855–56, 1858–59, 1861, and 1867–71.

      Âli Paşa resisted the sultan's efforts to limit the powers of the grand vizierate; he settled the troubles in Serbia and in Moldavia-Walachia by peaceful means; and, in 1868, he pacified the Cretan revolt by the grant of a measure of local self-government. He was one of the most zealous advocates of friendship with France and Great Britain during the reigns of the sultans Abdülmecid I and Abdülaziz.

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