Ahmed Arifi Pasha

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1879)

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is  Ahmed Arifi, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Ahmed Arifi

Pasha

Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
Personal details
Born| 1830
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died| 1895 or 1896

Ahmed Arifi Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: احمد عریفی پاشا) (1830 – 1895/96[1]) was an Ottoman noble, senator, statesman and reformist, who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire in 1879. In contemporary English-language accounts he was known as Aarifi Pasha. He was a liberal and supported Midhat Pasha’s efforts to introduce the First Constitutional Era.

## Biography

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He was born in Istanbul in 1830, his father was a diplomat named Şekip Pasha (in contemporary English Shekib Pasha). He accompanied his father on diplomatic missions to various European capitals, including Rome, Vienna, and Paris. He acquired a good knowledge of French. He served in a series of posts at home and abroad, including ambassador to Vienna and later ambassador to Paris.

On July 28, 1879, he became Grand Vizier but held the post for little more than a month.

He later held various other posts and died in 1895/96.

## See also

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* List of Ottoman grand viziers

## Bibliography

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*  Cooper, Thompson (1884). "Aarifi Pasha" . Men of the Time  (eleventh ed.). London: George Routledge & Sons. p. 1.
* M. Th. Houtsma; A. J. Wensinck; T. W. Arnold (1993). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. Vol. I (1st (reissued) ed.). Brill Academic Publishers. p. 432\. ISBN 90-04-09796-1. Retrieved 2011-02-15.

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Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire

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Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire – Rise (1299–1453)

* Hacıkemaleddinoğlu Alaeddin Pasha (1320–1331)
* Mahmudoğlu Nizamüddin Ahmed Pasha (1331–1348)
* Hacı Pasha (1348–1349)
* Sinanüddin Fakih Yusuf Pasha (1349–1364)
* Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha (1364–1387)
* Çandarlızade Ali Pasha (1387–1406)
* Osmancıklı Imamzade Halil Pasha (1406–1413)
* Amasyalı Bayezid Pasha (1413–1421)
* Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Elder (1421–1429)
* Osmancıklı Koca Mehmed Nizamüddin Pasha (1429–1439)
* Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger (1439–1453)

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Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire – Classical Age (1453–1550)

* Zagan Pasha (1453–1456)
* Veli Mahmud Pasha (1456–1466)
* Rum Mehmed Pasha (1466–1469)
* Ishak Pasha (1469–1472)
* Veli Mahmud Pasha (1472–1474)
* Gedik Ahmed Pasha (1474–1477)
* Karamani Mehmed Pasha (1477–1481)
* Ishak Pasha (1481–1482)
* Koca Davud Pasha (1482–1497)
* Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1497–1498)
* Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha the Younger (1498–1499)
* Yakub Pasha (1499–1501)
* Mesih Pasha (1501)
* Hadim Ali Pasha (1501–1503)
* Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1503–1506)
* Hadim Ali Pasha (1509–1511)
* Koca Mustafa Pasha (1511–1512)
* Dukakinzade Ahmed Pasha (1512–1515)
* Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (1515–1516)
* Hadım Sinan Pasha (1516–1517)
* Yunus Pasha (1517)
* Piri Mehmed Pasha (1517–1523)
* Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1523–1536)
* Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1536–1539)
* Lütfi Pasha (1539–1541)
* Hadım Suleiman Pasha (1541–1544)
* Rüstem Pasha (1544–1553)

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Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire – Transformation (1550–1700)

* Kara Ahmed Pasha (1553–1555)
* Rüstem Pasha (1555–1561)
* Semiz Ali Pasha (1561–1565)
* Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (1565–1579)
* Semiz Ahmed Pasha (1579–1580)
* Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha (1580)
* Koca Sinan Pasha (1580–1582)
* Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (1582–1584)
* Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha (1584–1585)
* Hadim Mesih Pasha (1585–1586)
* Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (1586–1589)
* Koca Sinan Pasha (1589–1591)
* Serdar Ferhad Pasha (1591–1592)
* Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha (1592–1593)
* Koca Sinan Pasha (1593–1595)
* Serdar Ferhad Pasha (1595)
* Lala Mehmed Pasha (1595)
* Koca Sinan Pasha (1595–1596)
* Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1596)
* Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (1596)
* Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1596–1597)
* Hadım Hasan Pasha (1597–1598)
* Cerrah Mehmed Pasha (1598–1599)
* Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1599–1601)
* Yemişçi Hasan Pasha (1601–1603)
* Yavuz Ali Pasha (1603–1604)
* Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha (1604–1606)
* Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha (1606)
* Kuyucu Murad Pasha (1606–1611)
* Nasuh Pasha (1611–1614)
* Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1614–1616)
* Damat Halil Pasha (1616–1619)
* Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1619–1619)
* Güzelce Ali Pasha (1619–1621)
* Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha (1621)
* Dilaver Pasha (1621–1622)
* Kara Davud Pasha (1622)
* Mere Hüseyin Pasha (1622)
* Lefkeli Mustafa Pasha (1622)
* Gürcü Hadım Mehmed Pasha (1622–1623)
* Mere Hüseyin Pasha (1623)
* Kemankeş Kara Ali Pasha (1623–1624)
* Çerkes Mehmed Pasha (1624–1625)
* Filibeli Hafız Ahmed Pasha (1625–1626)
* Damat Halil Pasha (1626–1628)
* Gazi Ekrem Hüsrev Pasha (1628–1631)
* Hafiz Ahmed Pasha (1631–1632)
* Topal Recep Pasha (1632)
* Tabanıyassı Mehmed Pasha (1632–1637)
* Bayram Pasha (1637–1638)
* Tayyar Mehmed Pasha (1638)
* Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha (1638–1644)
* Civankapıcıbaşı Sultanzade Semiz Mehmed Pasha (1644–1645)
* Nevesinli Salih Pasha (1645–1647)
* Kara Musa Pasha (1647)
* Hezarpare Ahmed Pasha (1647–1648)
* Sofu Mehmed Pasha (1648–1649)
* Kara Murat Pasha (1649–1650)
* Melek Ahmed Pasha (1650–1651)
* Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I (1651)
* Gürcü Mehmed Pasha (1651–1652)
* Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha (1652–1653)
* Bıyıklı Koca Derviş Mehmed Pasha (1653–1654)
* Ibşir Mustafa Pasha (1654–1655)
* Kara Dev Murad Pasha (1655)
* Ermeni Süleyman Pasha (1655)
* Gazi Hüseyin Pasha (1656)
* Zurnazen Mustafa Pasha (1656)
* Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I (1656)
* Boynuyaralı Mehmed Pasha (1656)
* Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1656–1661)
* Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1661–1676)
* Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha (1676–1683)
* Bayburtlu Kara Ibrahim Pasha (1683–1685)
* Sarı Süleyman Pasha (1685–1687)
* Abaza Siyavuş Pasha II (1687–1688)
* Ayaşlı Ismail Pasha (1688)
* Tekirdağlı Bekri Mustafa Pasha (1688–1689)
* Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha (1689–1691)
* Bahadırzade Arabacı Ali Pasha (1691–1692)
* Merzifonlu Çalık Hacı Ali Pasha (1692–1693)
* Bozoklu (Bıyıklı) Mustafa Pasha (1694)
* Sürmeli Ali Pasha (1694–1695)
* Elmas Mehmed Pasha (1695–1697)
* Köprülü Amcazade Hacı Hüseyin Pasha (1697–1702)

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Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire – Old Regime (1700–1789)

* Daltaban Mustafa Pasha (1702–1703)
* Rami Mehmed Pasha (1703)
* Sührablı Kavanoz Nişancı Ahmed Pasha (1703)
* Damat Hasan Pasha (1703–1704)
* Kalaylıkoz Hacı Ahmed Pasha (1704)
* Baltaji Mehmet Pasha (1704–1706)
* Çorlulu Ali Pasha (1706–1710)
* Köprülü Numan Pasha (1710)
* Baltaji Mehmet Pasha (1710–1711)
* Ağa Yusuf Pasha (1711–1712)
* Nişancı Süleyman Pasha (1712–1713)
* Kel Hoca Ibrahim Pasha (1713)
* Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha (1713–1716)
* Hacı Halil Pasha (1716–1717)
* Tevkii Nişancı Mehmed Pasha (1717–1718)
* Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1718–1730)
* Silahdar Damat Mehmet Pasha (1730–1731)
* Kabakulak Ibrahim Pasha (1731)
* Topal Osman Pasha (1731–1732)
* Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1732–1735)
* Gürcü Ismail Pasha (1735–1736)
* Silahdar Seyyid Mehmed Pasha (1736–1737)
* Muhsinzade Abdullah Pasha (1737)
* Yeğen Mehmed Pasha (1737–1739)
* Ivaz Mehmed Pasha (1739–1740)
* Nişancı Ahmed Pasha (1740–1742)
* Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1742–1743)
* Seyyid Hasan Pasha (1743–1746)
* Tiryaki Hacı Mehmed Pasha (1746–1747)
* Seyyid Abdullah Pasha (1747–1750)
* Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha (1750–1752)
* Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1752–1755)
* Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha (1755)
* Naili Abdullah Pasha (1755)
* Silahdar Bıyıklı Ali Pasha (1755)
* Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha (1755–1756)
* Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1756–1757)
* Koca Ragıp Pasha (1757–1763)
* Tevkii Hamza Hamid Pasha (1763)
* Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha (1763–1765)
* Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1765–1768)
* Silahdar Hamza Mahir Pasha (1768)
* Yağlıkçızade Nişancı Hacı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1768–1769)
* Moldovancı Ali Pasha (1769)
* Ivazzade Halil Pasha (1769–1770)
* Silahdar Mehmed Pasha (1770–1771)
* Muhsinzade Mehmed Pasha (1771–1774)
* Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1774–1775)
* Moralı Derviş Mehmed Pasha (1775–1777)
* Darendeli Cebecizade Mehmed Pasha (1777–1778)
* Kalafat Mehmed Pasha (1778–1779)
* Silahdar Karavezir Seyyid Mehmed Pasha (1779–1781)
* Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1781–1782)
* Yeğen Hacı Mehmed Pasha (1782)
* Halil Hamid Pasha (1782–1785)
* Hazinedar Şahin Ali Pasha (1785–1786)
* Koca Yusuf Pasha (1786–1789)
* Kethüda Meyyit Hasan Pasha (1789)

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Grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire – Decline and modernization (1789–1922)

* Hassan Pasha of Algiers (1789–1790)
* Çelebizade Şerif Hasan Pasha (1790–1791)
* Koca Yusuf Pasha (1791–1792)
* Melek Mehmed Pasha (1792–1794)
* Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha (1794–1798)
* Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1798–1805)
* Hafiz Ismail Pasha (1805–1806)
* Ibrahim Hilmi Pasha (1806–1807)
* Çelebi Mustafa Pasha (1807–1808)
* Alemdar Mustafa Pasha (1808)
* Çavuşbaşı Memiş Pasha (1808–1809)
* Kör Yusuf Ziyaüddin Pasha (1809–1811)
* Laz Aziz Ahmed Pasha (1811–1812)
* Hurshid Pasha (1812–1815)
* Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1815–1818)
* Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1818–1820)
* Seyyid Ali Pasha (1820–1821)
* Benderli Ali Pasha (1821)
* Hacı Salih Pasha (1821–1822)
* Deli Abdullah Pasha (1822–1823)
* Silahdar Ali Pasha (1823)
* Mehmed Said Galip Pasha (1823–1824)
* Mehmed Selim Pasha (1824–1828)
* Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1828–1829)
* Reşid Mehmed Pasha (1829–1833)
* Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1833–1839)
* Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha (1839–1840)
* Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1840–1841)
* Topal Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1841–1842)
* Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1842–1846)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1846–1848)
* Ibrahim Sarim Pasha (1848)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1848–1852)
* Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1852)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1852)
* Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1852)
* Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha (1852–1853)
* Mustafa Naili Pasha (1853–1854)
* Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1854)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1854–1855)
* Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1855–1856)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1856–1857)
* Mustafa Naili Pasha (1857)
* Mustafa Reşid Pasha (1857–1858)
* Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1858–1859)
* Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1859)
* Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1859–1860)
* Kıbrıslı Mehmed Emin Pasha (1860–1861)
* Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1861)
* Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1861–1866)
* Yusuf Kamil Pasha (1863)
* Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1863–1866)
* Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1866–1867)
* Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha (1866–1871)
* Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1871–1872)
* Midhat Pasha (1872)
* Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1872–1873)
* Ahmed Esad Pasha (1873)
* Şirvanlı Mehmed Rüşdi Pasha (1873–1874)
* Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1874–1875)
* Ahmed Esad Pasha (1875)
* Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1875–1876)
* Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1876–1876)
* Midhat Pasha (1876–1877)
* Ibrahim Edhem Pasha (1877–1878)
* Ahmed Hamdi Pasha (1878)
* Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1878)
* Mehmed Sadık Pasha (1878)
* Mehmed Rushdi Pasha (1878)
* Saffet Pasha (1878)
* Hayreddin Pasha (1878–1879)
* Ahmed Arifi Pasha (1879)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1879–1880)
* Kadri Pasha (1880)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1880–1882)
* Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha (1882)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1882)
* Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1882)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1882–1885)
* Kâmil Pasha (1885–1891)
* Ahmed Cevad Pasha (1891–1895)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1895)
* Kâmil Pasha (1895)
* Halil Rifat Pasha (1895–1901)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1901–1903)
* Mehmed Ferid Pasha (1903–1908)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1908)
* Kâmil Pasha (1908–1909)
* Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1909)
* Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1909)
* Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha (1909–1910)
* Ibrahim Hakki Pasha (1910–1911)
* Mehmed Said Pasha (1911–1912)
* Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1912)
* Kâmil Pasha (1912–1913)
* Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1913)
* Said Halim Pasha (1913–1917)
* Mehmed Talat Pasha (1917–1918)
* Ahmed Izzet Pasha (1918)
* Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1918–1919)
* Damat Ferid Pasha (1919)
* Ali Rıza Pasha (1919–1920)
* Salih Hulusi Pasha (1920)
* Damat Ferid Pasha (1920)
* Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1920–1922)

Preceded by

Tunuslu Hayreddin Pasha

|  Chief Minister of the Ottoman Empire
1879  | Succeeded by

Küçük Mehmet Sait Pasha

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## References

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1. ^ "Ahmed Arifi Paşa - Beyaz Tarih". www.beyaztarih.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2018-09-30.

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