Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha

This article is about an Ottoman grand vizier. For the Ottoman army officer, see Nureddin Pasha.

Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha, (Ottoman Turkish: عبدالرحمن نور الدين پاشا ; Turkish: Abdurrahman Nurettin Paşa) also known as Nurettin Pasha (1836–1912), was an Ottoman Turkish statesman. He was the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 2 May 1882 to 12 July 1882.^[1][2]

Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha
عبدالرحمن نور الدين
Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
In office 2 May 1882 – 12 July 1882
Monarch	Abdülhamid II
Preceded by	Mehmed Said Pasha
Succeeded by	Mehmed Said Pasha
Governor of the Baghdad Vilayet
In office 1879–1880
Monarch	Abdülhamid II
Preceded by	Qadri Pasha
Succeeded by	Taqialden Pasha
Governor of the Aidin Vilayet
In office 1891–1893
Monarch	Abdülhamid II
Preceded by	Halil Rifat Pasha
Succeeded by	Hasan Fehmi Pasha
Personal details
Born	1836 Kütahya, Sanjak of Kütahya, Hüdavendigâr Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died	1912 (aged 75–76) Constantinople Ottoman Empire
Nationality	Ottoman

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Abdurrahman Nurettin, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Biography

Born in Kütahya in 1836, He was a Turk,^[3] he was descendant of the Germiyanids,^[4] who flourished in that area after the decline and eventual fall of the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm. His father, Haji Ali Pasha, was one of the Ottoman governors who died on 25 May 1874 while serving as the governor of Kastamonu.^[4]

Abdurrahman first served in various positions under his father.  In 1872 he was promoted to the rank of vizier.  He served as an Ottoman provincial governor (his posts included Ankara and Baghdad) before serving as grand vizier to Sultan Abdülhamid II in 1882.  Later he was Minister of Justice (1895–1908).^[5]

The son of Abdurrahman Pasha married to Naile Sultan, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid.^[4] The son-in-law of Abdurrahman Pasha was Turkish musicologist Hüseyin Sadeddin Arel, and his nephew was Münir Nurettin Selçuk, the Turkish classical musician.