1980/04/01 by Roderic H. Davıson · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.1017/s0020743800054398
openalex publication_date 1980/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Mehmed Emin âli Paşa (1815–1871), one of the leading Ottoman statesmen of the Tanzimat period, was the purported author of a political testament that was published in 1910, though said to have been written just before his death. When finally published, it was in French rather than in Turkish. The “Testament politique,” with the signature “Aali” at the end, appeared in two sections in successive issues of the Revue de Paris . In the same year it also appeared as a separate brochure. 1 Its authenticity has, ever since, been a question. Discussions of the point have reached no satisfactory conclusion. 2 Now that the papers in the Basbakanlīk Arsivi in Istanbul are available to research, there is opportunity for a new judgment. Several documents in the Yīldīz collection there pertain to Âli Pasa's political testament.