Abdurrahman Sami Pasha

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Abdurrahman Sami Pasha

Abdurrahman Sami Pasha (1794–1882) was an Ottoman bureaucrat, statesman, and one of the founders of the Senate. His family was one of the main aristocratic families in the Ottoman Empire, expanding their influence all the way to Cairo, where the Sami’s also held great influence in the royal court. Ihsan Hanem Sami was the wife of egypt’s prime minister Ahmed pacha maher. The Sami family owned a palace in Cairo and owned estates in upper egypt. They also owned both Turkish and Arab slaves. They were one of the founding aristocratic families of egypt, along with Mohamed Ali pacha. Egyptian Business man Mourad Sami is a member of this family. Sami pasha was also the first Minister of Education.[1][2]

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  1. ^ BULUT, Dr. Serdar YAVUZ & Dr. Serdar. "The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies". jasstudies.com.
  2. ^ Meral, Arzu (January 1, 2014). "The Ottoman Reception of Fénelon's Télémaque". Brill Rodopi – via brill.com.


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