Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha

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Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha ("Mehmed Emin Pasha the Stenographer"; also known as Divitdar Emin Mehmed Pasha or Emin Mehmed Pasha or Muhammad Pasha Amin; died 1753) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1750 to 1752. [1] After this, he was exiled to Rethymno on Crete for three years. [1]

After returning from exile, he served as the Ottoman governor of Egypt in 1753. [1] He died either one day (May 1753) [1] or two months (August 1753) [2] in Cairo after taking office as governor of Egypt. He was buried near the shrine and tomb of Al-Shafi‘i. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Mehmet Süreyya (1996) [1890], Nuri Akbayar; Seyit A. Kahraman (eds.), Sicill-i Osmanî (in Turkish), Beşiktaş, Istanbul: Türkiye Kültür Bakanlığı and Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, p. 477, ISBN   978-975-333-041-1
  2. 1 2 'Abd al-Rahman Jabarti; Thomas Philipp; Moshe Perlmann (1994). Abd Al-Rahmann Al-Jabarti's History of Egypt. Vol. 1. Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart. p. 307.
Political offices
Preceded by Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
3 January 1750 – 1 July 1752		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1753		Succeeded by


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