Statesman (B. December 11, 1873, Istanbul – D. September 3, 1958,
Istanbul). He graduated from Nuruosmaniye
Primary School, Soğukçeşme Military
High School, Mulkiye
Mekteb-i Idadi (1894). He taught Ottoman and Official Correspondence at
Mekteb-i Mülkiye-i Şahane İdadî and Dârülmuallimîn-i Âliye (Teachers’ High
School) between 1899 and 1900. He was married to the youngest daughter of
Sultan Abdulaziz, Emine Sultan, in 1901 and he was titled as the Damad-ı
Şehriyârî and as Vizier pasha in 1904. He became a member of State Order
Council on January 25, 1905. He was unemployed when Union
and Progress Party came to power after the declaration of Second Constitutional
Monarchy. He was appointed as The Istanbul Governor on August 17, 1909. He was
appointed as Minister of Public Works at Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha cabinet in
July 1912. He worked as minister in other cabinets. He was exiled from the
country on March 6, 1924; with the reason of being a member of the Ottoman
dynasty. He lived in France
for long years and returned back to Istanbul
in 1946 upon the acceptance of his application by Recep Peker government.
WORKS:
Tuhfetü’n-Nuzzâr fî
Garâibi’l-Emsâr ve Acâibi’l-Esfâr Tercümesi (2 vol., translation from İbn-i
Batûta, 1919, 1921), Hükümdar (from Machiavel, 1919), Fihrist-i
Tuhfetü’n-Nuzzâr fî Garâibi’l-Emsâr ve Acâibi’l-Esfâr (1924, editing with
new letters Mümin Çevik - Ali Metin Güven, 2005).
REFERENCE: Mücellidoğlu Ali
Çankaya / Yeni Mülkiye Tarihi ve Mülkiyeliler (vol. III, 1968), İhsan Işık (TEKAA, 2009).