Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Topal
Izzet Mehmed
Honorific-Suffix:Pasha
Office:Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Term Start:14 December 1841
Term End:30 August 1842
Predecessor:Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
Successor:Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
Monarch1:Mahmud II
Term Start1:24 October 1828
Term End1:28 January 1829
Predecessor1:Mehmed Selim Pasha
Successor1:Reşid Mehmed Pasha
Office2:Kapudan Pasha
Term Start2:1827
Term End2:1829
Predecessor2:Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Successor2:Pabuççu Ahmed Paşa
Birth Date:1792
Birth Place:Darende, Sivas vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:7 March 1855
Death Place:Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha, Topal Izzet Pasha, or Darendeli Mehmed Pasha (Turkish: Darendeli Topal İzzet Mehmet Paşa; 1792–1855) was an Ottoman admiral and reformist statesman during the Tanzimat period. He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire during two terms:[1] He was of Turkish origin.[2]

Around 1840, he also served as the Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Countries T.
  2. İsmail Kara, “Sicill-i Osmanî”, a.e., VIII, 588.