Said Pasha

Said Pasha (born 1830) was a Turkish statesman, was at one time editor of the Turkish newspaper Jerid-i-Havadis.

He became first secretary to Sultan Abdul Hamid II shortly after his accession, and is said to have contributed to the realizations of his majesty's design of concentrating power in his own hands; later he became successively minister of the interior and Vali of Brussa, reaching the high post of grand vizier in 1879.

A Turkish statesman of the old school, he was regarded as somewhat bigoted and opposed to the extension of foreign influence in Turkey. He was grand vizier four more times under Abdul Hamid.

In 1896 he took refuge at the British embassy at Constantinople, and, though then assured of his personal liberty and safety, remained practically a prisoner in his own house. He came into temporary prominence again during the revolution of 1908. On 22 July he succeeded Fend Pasha as grand vizier, but on the 6 August was replaced by Kiamil Pasha, a man of more liberal views, at the insistence of the young Turkish committee.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.