Mehmet Akif Pasha

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Rank Pasha Name Mehmet Pasha		Died 1894, Canakkale, Turkey

Mehmet Akif Pasha (1822–1893), also known as Arnavut Mehmet Akif Pasha and Kalkandereli Mehmed Akif Pasha, was an Albanian statesman and governor of the Ottoman Empire.

From the year 1860 to 1893, he was the governor of nine provinces:

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).

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