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Mehmet Sait Halet Efendi (1761–1822) was an Ottoman diplomat and
Constantinople dans quelques textes grecs de fiction aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles
», Cahiers balkaniques, 36-37 , 2008, 321–328. Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to France 1761 births 1822 deaths 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century diplomats Executed people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire {{Turkey-politician-stub
Mehmet Sait Halet Efendi (1761–1822) was an Ottoman diplomat and politician
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, ambassador to Paris
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from 1803 to 1806Mongan, p. 102–103. and later the favourite and Inner Minister of the sultan Mahmud II
Mahmud II ( ota, Ù…Øمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u sÌ Ã¢nî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.
His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...
. He was ambassador to the court of Napoleon I
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until 1806, and was succeeded in this role by Muhib Efendi, who was ambassador from 1806 to 1811.
In 1819, Halet Efendi brought the attention of Sultan Mahmud II
Mahmud II ( ota, Ù…Øمود ثانى, Maḥmûd-u sÌ Ã¢nî, tr, II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.
His reign is recognized for the extensive administrative, ...
to the power-grabbing activities of Ali Pasha in Ottoman Europe. As Mahmud II sent an army against Ali Pasha, the latter responded by encouraging a rebellion against Ottoman power in Greece
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. These event led to the catastrophic Greek insurrection in 1821. Considered by the Sultan as contributing to the rebellion, Halet was banished from the court before being assassinated in Konya
Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it ...
, present-day Turkey, in November 1822. He was strangled and beheaded.Aksan (2007), ''Ottoman Wars'', p. 288.
See also
*Franco-Ottoman alliance
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References
* Inari Karsh, ''Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923,'' Harvard University Press, 2001 * Agnes Mongan, Miriam Stewart, Fogg Art Museum, ''David to Corot: French drawings in the Fogg Art Museum,'' Harvard University Press, 1996 *Henri Tonnet, ÂConstantinople dans quelques textes grecs de fiction aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles
», Cahiers balkaniques, 36-37 , 2008, 321–328. Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to France 1761 births 1822 deaths 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century diplomats Executed people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire {{Turkey-politician-stub