Hüseyin Avni Pasha

For other people named Hüseyin Avni, see Hüseyin Avni (disambiguation).

Hüseyin Avni Pasha (1820, Isparta – June 15th 1876, Istanbul) was an Ottoman statesman.[1] He was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 15 February 1874 to 26 April 1875.[1] He was killed by Çerkess 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 Mehmed Murad V at the Palace of Midhat Pasha near Beyazıt in Fatih, Istanbul.

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  1. 1 2 Danişmend, İsmail Hâmi (1971). Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı (in Turkish). Istanbul: Türkiye Yayınevi.
  2. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A03E4DC1038E533A25755C2A9649C94699FD7CF#


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