Said Pasha Kurd


Said Pasha Kurd, Ottoman statesman, son of Hussein Pasha, brother of Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha, and father of Şerif Pasha and Kurd Fuad Pasha, was born at Sulaymaniyah. After holding various administrative posts he became governor-general of the Archipelago, minister for foreign affairs, ambassador at Berlin and again foreign minister in 1885. He was afterwards president of the Council of State, an office which he held until his death.