Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1820 – 15 June 1876) was an Ottoman governor-general and statesman.[1] He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 15 February 1874 to 26 April 1875.[1] He was killed by Çerkez Hassan[2] the younger brother of Neşerek Kadın Efendi, who accused him of the murder of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz, on 15 June 1876 during a cabinet meeting of Ottoman Sultan Murad V at the residence of Midhat Pasha near Beyazıt in Fatih, Istanbul. The foreign affairs minister Mehmed Rashid Pasha was also killed in the attack.
Hüseyin Avni | |
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Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
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Born | 1820 Isparta, Anatolia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 15 June 1876 55–56) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | (aged
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