Kurd Said Pasha

Kurd Said Pasha (Turkish: Kürt Said Paşa; Sulaymaniyah 1834 – 20 October 1907 Constantinople) was an Ottoman Kurdish statesman who served as minister of foreign affairs in 1881 and again between 1885–95. He was the son of Hussein Pasha of Sulaymaniyah.^[1]

Family

He was the brother of Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha and brother in law of Mustafa Yamulki, father of Şerif Pasha and Kurd Fuad Pasha, and uncle to Abdul Aziz Yamulki.^[1]

Posts held

After holding various administrative posts he became governor-general of the Archipelago (1881), minister for foreign affairs (1881), ambassador at Berlin (1883) and again foreign minister in 1885,^[1] serving until 1895.^[2] He was afterwards president of the Council of State, an office which he held until his death.^[1]