Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha

Damat Gürcü Halil Rifat Pasha, (Ottoman Turkish: داماد کرجی خلیل رفعت پاشا; c. 1795 – 3 March 1856) was an Ottoman admiral and statesman of Georgian origin. He served in the periods of Mahmud II and Abdulmejid I.

Gürcü · Damat Halil Rifat Pasha
Grand Admiral of the Ottoman Empire
In office 1830–1832
Monarch	Mahmud II
Preceded by	Pabuççu Ahmed Pasha
Succeeded by	Çengeloğlu Tahir Mehmet Pasha
In office 1843–1845
Preceded by	Çengeloğlu Tahir Mehmet Pasha
Succeeded by	Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha
In office 1847–1848
Preceded by	Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha
Succeeded by	Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha
In office 1854–1855
Monarch	Abdulmejid I
Preceded by	Kıbrıslı Mehmed Pasha
Succeeded by	Damat Mehmed Ali Pasha
Personal details
Born	c. 1795 Georgia
Died	4 March 1856 (aged 58-59) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Ottoman
Spouse(s)	Fülane Hanim Saliha Sultan Ismet Hanım
Children	First marriage Ali Bey Second marriage Sultanzade Abdülhamid Bey Efendi Sultanzade Cavid Bey Efendi Ayşe Şadıka Hanımsultan Third marriage Asaf Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha

Career

Halil Rifat Pasha was a slave, protégé and later rival of Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha. He first served as the ambassador to Russia from 1829 to 1830.^[1] He then served as grand admiral for four times from 1830 to 1832, 1843–1845, 1847–1848 and 1854–1855,^[2] as well as chairman of the Supreme Council of Judicial Ordinances ("Meclis-i Vâlâ") from 1842 to 1845 and 1849–1850. He also served as serasker from 1836 to 1838 and 1839–1840. This placed him in a good position to build and maintain a conservative group, usually in corporation with Hüsrev Pasha.^[3]

Family

Halil Rifat had three wives:

• Fülane Hanim. Unknown wife by who he divorced to marry Saliha Sultan, daughter of Mahmud II. From her he had at least one son:
  • Ali Paşa, ambassador to Austria. He in turn had a son:
    • Ali Füad Ürfi Bey. He married Ayşe Şadika Hanımsultan, daughter of Cemile Sultan (granddaughter of Sultan Mahmud II). By her he had two daughters:
      • Kerime Hanım
      • Naime Hanım
• Saliha Sultan. Daughter of the sultan Mahmud II, they married on 22 May 1834 and he widowed in February 1843. Their marriage was unhappy, but by her he had two sons and a daughter:^[4][5][6][7]
  • Sultanzade Abdülhamid Bey Efendi (2 March 1835 - March 1837).
  • Sultanzade Cavid Bey Efendi (1837 -?).
  • Ayşe Şadıka Hanımsultan (1841 - 1886). She married Server Paşah, son of Said Server Efendi. She had at least three daughters:^[8][9][10]
    • Ayşe Hanim.
    • Azize Hanim. She married Hariciyeci Suad Bey and had two sons, Ziya Songülen and Mahmud Bey and a daughter Fehire Hanim.
    • Fatma Hanim. She married Fehmi Bey, son of the grand vizier Mehmed Esad Saffet Pasha, and had a son, Halil Bey, and a daughter, Belkis Hanim.
• Ismet Hanim. He married her after Saliha's death. From her he had a son:^[11]
  • Asaf Mahmud Celaleddin Pasha (1853 - 1903). He had three wives:
    • Hacer Hanim. From her he had a son:
      • Halil Rifat Bey
    • Iffet Hanim. By her he had two sons:
      • Ali Füad Bey
      • Asım Bey
    • Seniha Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdülmejid I and granddaughter of Sultan Mahmud II. They married in February 1877 and had two sons by her:^[12][13]
      • Sultanzade Mehmed Sabahaddin (13 February 1879 – 30 June 1948). He had two wives and a daughter.
      • Sultanzade Ahmed Lütfullah Bey. He had two wives, Kamran Hanim and a Hungarian woman, with whom he had a son, Nadi Bey.

Death

Hali Rifat Pasha died in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present day Istanbul, Turkey) on 3 March 1856.^[14]

See also

• List of Kapudan Pashas

References

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